Not Your Mother’s Apple Pie

Ingredients

Large red apple¼ cup white sugar2 tsp ground cinnamon1 sheet puff pastry,thawed½ lemon1 egg2 tablespoons of flour

1.Cut the apple in half and trim off the ends

2.Proceed by cutting apple into evenly thin slices.

TIP- Be sure to keep the skin on as this will add an important visual element later on

3.Squeeze the juice from half a lemon into a bowl of 2 cups of water

4.Promptly transfer slices into bowl after cutting

5.Using a rolling pin stretch puff pastry on floured surface to approximately 12in x 3in keeping it in a rectangular shape.

6.Place the bowl of soaking apple slices in the microwave for 45 seconds to allow flexibility when rolled.

7.Prepare egg wash by breaking and whisking an egg mixed with a half a cup of water. Mix until pale yellow.

8.Spread melted butter onto the surface of the puff pastry using the back of a spoon

9.Once pastry has been buttered, sprinkle a generous application of cinnamon and sugar mixture onto

10.Place apple slices along the edge of the dough about an inch from the end, overlapping partially. The top of the apple slice should extend about a quarter inch off of the dough.

11.Add additional layer of apples over the first layer.

12.Fold bottom half of the dough up over the apple slices. Press down on the edges of the dough to seal the ends.

13.Paint surface of the dough with a line of egg wash to hold pastry together. This can also be done with the back of a spoon.

14.Roll pastry and place in small crock that is coated with sugar to prevent the dough from sticking to the crock.

15.Place your apple blossom on the bottom rack of the oven and bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes.

Bon appetit!