Ingredients

• 5 sheets ready-made filo pastry
• 1 free-range egg
• lightly beaten
• 1 apple
• cored and thinly sliced
• 55g/2oz blue cheese
• crumbled
• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• 85g/3oz piece back bacon
• cut into strips
• or bacon lardons

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
• Lay a sheet of filo pastry onto a non-stick baking tray and brush with the beaten egg. Top with another sheet of filo and more beaten egg and repeat until you have used all the sheets of filo
• finishing with a light brushing of beaten egg.
• Use your fingers to crimp the edges of the filo pasrty to form a round shape with slightly raised edges.
• Arrange the apple slices in the centre of the pastry and crumble over the cheese.
• Transfer to the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes or until the pastry is crisp and golden.
• Meanwhile
• heat the oil in a small non-stick frying pan. Add the bacon pieces and fry until crisp.
• To serve
• transfer the tart to a serving plate and scatter over the crisp bacon.