LIGHTER APPLE TARTS
LIGHTER APPLE TARTS
LIGHTER APPLE TARTS

Ingredients
  • 125g/4½oz fat-free Greek-style yoghurt
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 2 tsp chia seeds
  • 200g/7oz ready-rolled light puff pastry
  • 2 tbsp apricot jam
  • 2 large sharp
  • green eating apples (300g/10½oz in total)
  • quartered
  • cored
  • thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp semi-skimmed milk
  • 2 tsp granulated sweetener
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground mace (or nutmeg)
Directions
  • To make the yoghurt
  • mix together all the ingredients in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours
  • preferably overnight.
  • Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7 and line a baking tray with baking paper.
  • Cut the puff pastry into quarters (they should be about 10x13cm/4x5in) and place on the lined baking tray.
  • Divide the jam between the pastry and spread with the back of a spoon
  • leaving a 1cm/½in margin all the way around each piece. Lay the apple slices
  • overlapping
  • on top of the jam. Brush the exposed edges of the pastry with the milk.
  • Mix together the sweetener
  • cinnamon and mace and sprinkle liberally over each tart.
  • Bake for 15–20 minutes
  • or until the pastry is golden-brown and crispy.
  • Serve with a generous spoonful of the yoghurt on the side.