Fruit-filled pastries are always verydelicious. But it's summer outside, and the same tempting basket with berries and cream can easily put you in a hospital bed just before your vacation. Where is the guarantee that the cake was transported and stored correctly? In hot weather, it is not safe to indulge in desserts from the store. Cakes with butter cream and other similar confectionery products are a special risk zone. So what to do? How can you refuse the pleasure of drinking a cup of tea with a sweet cake? You can't explain to children why mom didn't buy dessert today either. It is difficult for a child to understand that you care about his health, and everything will probably end in hysteria and a spoiled mood. But there is a way out! Learn to bake yourself. Start with the simplest things, for example, master the simplest recipe for a layered apple pie!
Apple puff cake with cinnamon and forest berries
Summer is a wonderful time when you canenjoy raspberries, blackberries, blueberries. Why not use these berries for baking? By the way, it does not necessarily have to be heavy and high in calories. Why replace the rich dough with puff pastry? After all, this option is good because it becomes very thin and light when ready. Just imagine the delicate taste of apples, emphasized by cinnamon and berries, framed by delicate layers of baking! If you do not feel like an experienced cook or just do not like messing around with flour, the recipe for this pie allows you to get by with ready-made dough from the store. Ingredients:
- puff pastry (without yeast) - 500 grams
- apples large - 3 pieces
- sugar - 3 tablespoons
- Forest berries (any) - 150 grams
- egg (for lubricating a pie) - 1 piece
Method of preparation:First, take out the puff pastry and leave it to defrost at room temperature. As a rule, the process takes half an hour. During this time, you will have enough time to prepare the filling. By the way, if you do not have fresh berries, they can be replaced with frozen ones, which also need time to defrost. In the meantime, take care of the main ingredient of the filling - apples. Wash them, peel them, do not forget to remove the cores, and cut into thin slices. Wash and dry the berries. Divide the defrosted dough into two parts. Take the form in which you will bake your apple pie, moisten it with water and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. But, as a rule, puff pastry bought in the store can be placed on an unprepared baking sheet - it will not burn or stick. But with the one you prepare yourself, it is better to be on the safe side. Roll out one part of the dough into a medium-thick layer, wrap it around a rolling pin and place it on a baking sheet. Arrange the apples on top in an even layer, sprinkle them with sugar and cinnamon. Now spread the second component of the filling - berries. Roll out the remaining part of the dough and cover the filling with it, pinching the edges. The top layer can be thinner than the bottom one. Beat the egg with a whisk and grease the pie with it, and make a few punctures in it with a fork. Put everything in the oven, preheated to 200 ° C, for about half an hour. You can judge that your apple pie with cinnamon and wild berries is ready by the formation of a golden crust on it. Take the pastry out of the oven, cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar. A simple recipe, and what a result!
Puff pastry with caramelized apples and cinnamon
Puff pastry, if you cook iton your own, it may not work the first time. The recipe in its classic version is quite complicated. Therefore, those who are just beginning to master the art of making homemade pastries should use the easier method. This is exactly what the recipe for making a pie with caramelized apples provides. Ingredients:
- wheat flour - 2 cups
- Butter - 250 grams
- granulated sugar - 5 teaspoons
- cold water - 0,5 cups
- salt - ¼ teaspoon
- apples large juicy - 5 pieces
- cinnamon - 0.5 teaspoon
- juice half a lemon
Method of preparation:So, let's start making apple pie with cinnamon from the most labor-intensive part - from the dough. Its recipe, although simple, conveys the effect of crispy layers in full. Sift flour onto the work surface and put 200 grams of butter, pre-cut into small pieces. Now take a knife and use it to make a mixture of these two ingredients that resembles greasy crumbs. Pour water into a tall ceramic or glass container and dissolve a teaspoon of sugar and salt in it. All this must be poured onto the butter-flour crumbs and quickly knead the dough. The speed with which you do this is very important. Therefore, try to keep all the components cold. Cover the finished dough with a napkin and put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours or even overnight if you are not in a hurry with baking. Never use cling film: condensation may form under it, and excess moisture is not needed in this case. After the specified time, take the dough out of the refrigerator, roll it out quite thinly, but so that it is not translucent. Now fold the resulting layer into four layers (in half and in half again). Roll it out again and repeat the procedure from the beginning. As you may have already guessed, it is this process that allows you to subsequently separate it into thin layers. That's it, now put the dough folded in four in the refrigerator - you can prepare the filling. Wash the apples, peel and seed them, cut into medium-thick slices. Put 50 grams of butter in a frying pan and put it on medium heat. When it melts, add 4 teaspoons of sugar, lemon juice and apple slices. Sprinkle everything with cinnamon. Stirring gently, caramelize the filling for about 15 minutes until a golden-honey crust forms. Try to turn the apple slices over carefully to keep them whole. Grease a baking sheet with small sides and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. This will make your apple pie crispy and will help you cut it and place it on a plate without any problems. Now take the puff pastry out of the refrigerator, divide it into two parts and roll each into a layer of the desired size and shape. Using a rolling pin, place one part on the baking sheet, forming small sides. Now distribute the filling and cover it with the second layer. Use a fork or knife to make punctures along the top of the future pie. Place the baking sheet in the oven, preheated to 180-200 ° C, for 30-40 minutes. When the apple pie is covered with an appetizing golden crust, take it out and let it cool a little. Then cut into portions with a very sharp knife and serve with tea or homemade compote.
Unusual apple pie from dough layered
This recipe will please those women and girls,who count calories before eating something for dessert. It is baked in a very unusual way - the dough and filling are layered. "What's surprising about this, because many cakes are made this way!" - you will exclaim and you will be... not quite right. Of course, everyone knows how to alternate the filling and ready-made cakes. But what if you do this before the pie goes into the oven? Well, are you already interested in learning such an unusual recipe, according to which you can make a truly amazing apple dessert? Ingredients:
- wheat flour - 1 glass
- egg - 1 piece
- sour cream or fat cream - 2-3 tablespoons
- butter creamy melted - 100 grams + 1 tablespoon
- apples of solid sorts - 7 pieces
- walnut kernels - 100 grams
- raisins - 100 grams
- sugar - 1 glass
- salt - a pinch
- powdered powder for powdering
Method of preparation:Any recipe starts with dough. Take a deep ceramic or glass bowl, break an egg into it, add sour cream or cream, salt, a tablespoon of butter and gradually add flour, sifted beforehand. The dough should acquire an elastic consistency and easily separate from your hands. Cover it with a towel and, as pastry chefs say, let it “rest” for half an hour. And during this time, you will have time to prepare the filling. Remove the cores from washed and peeled apples and cut them into thin slices. Dry the walnuts in the oven, you can even lightly fry them. Chop them with a knife into small pieces. Do not use a blender - you will get nut crumbs, and this is not what you need for this pie. Wash and dry the raisins. Grease a springform pan with butter, cover the bottom with parchment paper for baking. Divide the dough into 6 parts, each of which should be rolled out into a fairly thin layer, the diameter of which should correspond to the size of the mold. Do not forget to sprinkle the work surface of the table and the rolling pin with flour so that the dough does not stick to them. Now we begin to form the pie. Place the first layer on the bottom of the mold, grease it with melted butter and distribute some of the apple slices over the entire surface. Sprinkle them with sugar, nuts and raisins. Cover everything with the next layer and repeat the process again with butter and filling. Do the same with the remaining parts of the dough. Leave the top layer without filling, just grease it with butter. Place the apple pie in the oven at 190 ° C and bake for 30-40 minutes. The appearance of a golden crust on top serves as a signal that it is time to take the dessert out. Let it cool, then transfer it from the mold to a round dish and sprinkle with powdered sugar. If you did everything right, then the mere sight of this pie will delight your family and guests. And when you cut it, the layers of thin dough combined with the apple-nut filling will surprise and delight them even more. The recipe is simple, and the taste is divine!
Italian apple pie with rosemary
This homemade puff pastry recipe is a littleresembles the previous one, in it the dough is also laid out in layers, alternating with apple filling. But the ingredients and the method of mixing are different, and very different. But the apple pie turns out to be no less light in calories and certainly not inferior in taste to any similar dessert. But - first things first! Ingredients:
- wheat flour - 150 grams
- granulated sugar - 145 grams
- eggs - 5 pieces
- Butter - 125 grams
- lemon - 1 piece
- apples green - 6 pieces
- milk - 0.5 cups
- baking powder - 1 teaspoon
- salt of sea - pinch
- rosemary - 2 sprigs
Method of preparation:In a deep container, beat 4 eggs with 120 grams of sugar using a mixer. When the mass increases in volume by one and a half times, place it in the same container in a water bath and continue beating, reducing the speed until it thickens. After this, transfer the container and its contents to the table, cool slightly, without stopping working with the mixer, otherwise the eggs may curdle. Melt the butter. Carefully grate the lemon zest on a fine grater, try not to touch the white part of the peel, it is bitter. In a small bowl, lightly beat the egg with a fork and divide it into two parts. Add the remaining flour, lemon zest, salt and baking powder to one of them. Then pour in the milk and melted butter. Mix everything well and gradually add the custard mass of eggs and sugar. Try to get the dough of the most uniform consistency. Wash the apples thoroughly, dry them, remove the core and cut them into thin slices together with the skin. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon and sprinkle it over the filling. Put a layer of apples on the bottom of a deep baking dish, which should not have been greased beforehand, and sprinkle them with sugar. Spread a third of the dough evenly on top. Decorate the remaining layers in a similar way. Keep in mind that the dough should be the last layer, not the apples. It is time to put the Italian pie in the oven, preheated to 190 ° C. It should be baked for at least 40 minutes, and check the readiness with a toothpick or a match: stick it in the middle, and if after removing it turns out to be dry, the dessert can be taken out. Do not rush to remove the baked goods from the container immediately, let it cool. Then cover the dish with a wide plate or dish and turn it over. Decorate the finished pie with rosemary leaves. As you can see, this Italian recipe is not at all complicated, but the taste of the dessert with a delicate filling will give you true pleasure.
Apple puffs from yeast dough on kefir
When it comes to apple pies, you can't help butmention puff pastry. Today's housewives, spoiled by the range of store-bought dough, bake these delicious products very quickly and quite often. But maybe we'll try to cook something special? After all, puff pastry from semi-finished products turns out very similar for everyone. Therefore, if you want to really surprise your loved ones or guests with a delicious dessert, take the opportunity to master the homemade recipe for this delicacy. Ingredients:
- Wheat flour - 3-4 cups
- Butter - 200 grams
- kefir - 300 milliliters
- eggs - 2 pieces
- sugar - 6 tablespoons
- dry yeast - 1 sachet (11 grams)
- apples - 500 grams
- salt - 0,5 tablespoon
- Sunflower oil - 3 tablespoons
Method of preparation:It is better to make yeast puff pastry in the evening. So, heat up the kefir, dissolve the yeast in it and wait until it foams. Now add the egg, 4 tablespoons of sugar and salt. After that, add the sifted flour and vegetable oil. Knead the dough, it should not be too tough. Experienced housewives add flour gradually, so it is easier to track the desired consistency. Place the finished dough in the refrigerator for a quarter of an hour. After the specified time, take it out and roll it out into a layer of medium thickness. Spread 100 grams of slightly thawed butter on one part and sprinkle with flour. Fold the layer in half and roll it out again. Spread the remaining butter in the same way and fold the dough in four. There is no need to roll it out. Transfer the workpiece to a tray or dish, grease it with sunflower oil on top and put it in the refrigerator overnight. Wash and peel the apples, cut them into small cubes and add the remaining sugar. Take the dough out of the refrigerator, roll it out into a layer half a centimeter thick and cut into squares. Place the apple filling in the middle of each, form triangles and pinch the edges. Transfer the products to a baking sheet greased with sunflower oil and cover them with liaison - lightly beaten egg with a small amount of milk or water. After 15 minutes, the puff pastries can be put in the oven. Bake them at 220 ° C until golden brown. Sprinkle the finished cooled puff pastries with powdered sugar. Almost every cuisine in the world contains at least one baking recipe that requires puff pastry. And when combined with apples, the taste is simply magical. Be sure to try baking a delicate, light and airy pie yourself using one of the recipes described above. It can be served with cream or ice cream, if, of course, your loved ones can wait until such delicacies and do not steal the delicacy while it is still hot.
