APPLE AND SULTANA PUFF PASTRY DIAMOND WITH CLOTTED CREAM
APPLE AND SULTANA PUFF PASTRY DIAMOND WITH CLOTTED CREAM
APPLE AND SULTANA PUFF PASTRY DIAMOND WITH CLOTTED CREAM

Ingredients
  • 3 Bramley apples - peeled
  • cored and diced
  • 1 vanilla pod - split lengthways and seeds scraped out
  • 50g/1¾oz butter
  • pinch of cinnamon
  • pinch of sugar
  • 100g/3½oz sultanas
  • splash of water
  • 200g/7¼oz puff pastry
  • egg wash
  • pinch of sugar
  • clotted cream
  • to serve
Directions
  • For the compote
  • put the apples
  • vanilla
  • butter
  • cinnamon
  • sugar and water in pan and cook
  • stirring often
  • until ingredients turn into a purée.
  • Then mix in the sultanas and set aside.
  • For the diamond
  • roll out the puff pastry and cut two 10cm/4in wide diamonds.
  • Cut around the edges of the diamonds and fold the corners back on each other.
  • Brush with egg wash
  • sprinkle with sugar and bake at 180C/350F/Gas 4 until golden brown. Leave to cool.
  • Slice the diamonds in half
  • spoon the purée over the bottom
  • add the pastry lids and serve with clotted cream.