Puffy Nests Filled with Vanilla Cream and Apples
Author/ Συγγραφέας: Katerina
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Dessert
Cuisine/ Κουζίνα: International
- 10 small rounded puff pastries
- 220 gr. / 8 oz. milk
- 200 gr. / 7 oz. heavy cream
- ¼ heaping cup sugar
- 3 tbsp +1 tsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ tbsp. margarine
- 1 vanilla bean
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 cloves
- 2 lemon rinds
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 big apple or 2 small ones, cut in slices
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- A splash of brandy
- ¼ cup water
- In a deep pot pour the milk, heavy cream, sugar, corn starch and all-purpose flour.
- Whisk to dissolve the flours and turn on the stove to medium/high.
- When the milk starts to become hot start to whisk until the cream starts to thicken.
- Cut the vanilla bean in half and scrape the inside.
- Add this and the vanilla extract and continue to whisk.
- Remove from fire and add the margarine and the egg yolks whisking constantly.
- Let it cool at room temperature and then place it in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 175° C / 350° F.
- Take a muffin pan, butter it and place the puff pastries making nests.
- Cut parchment paper in so many pieces as the puff pastries, in this case 10.
- Place them on top of the puff pastries and fill them with lentils or beans.
- Bake them for about 20 minutes or until golden.
- Remove from the oven, remove the lentils and parchment paper and let them cool completely.
- In a deep pot add all the ingredients of the syrup and boil for about 2 to 3 minutes or until the temperature arrives at 100° C/ 212° F.
- Remove from fire.
- Bathe each one of the puff pastries for one minute.
- Take them out, put them in a rack and let them drain.
- In a skillet add the apples, the sugar, the lemon juice, the cinnamon and water and cook in low heat until they are soft and caramelized.
- Add the splash of cognac and either flambé them or let them cook for a minute or two.
- Take the puff nest and add one slice of apple.
- Fill with the cream and on top garnish with another one slice of apple.
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/puffy-nests-filled-with-vanilla-cream-and-apples/
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