• Strawberry and apple filo tarts

    14-Sep-2009

    Tags: Strawberry , Apple , Filo , Tarts , Dessert Strawberry , Apple , Filo , Tarts , Dessert , Fruit , Eat , Bake more more more less


    Filo pastry is wonderful to use  as a base for sweet or savoury tarts. You can fin it in any supermarket now and it is a very good idea to keep some at home to utilize  at any time.

    Strawberry and apple filo tarts


    Ingredients

    • 4 sheets filo pastry
    • 25g unsalted butter, melted
    • 1 tblsp caster sugar
    • Icing sugar mixture, to decorate
    • Double cream, to serve
    • 4 large green apples
    • 25g unsalted butter, melted
    • 1/4 cup caster sugar
    • 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
    • 2 tsps finely grated lemon rind
    • 250g punnet strawberries, quartered

    Method
    1. Grease a six-hole Texas muffin pan (3/4-cup capacity).
    2. Place a sheet of filo on a bench. Brush with butter and sprinkle with a teaspoon of sugar. Top with another sheet of filo.
    3. Repeat layering with remaining filo, butter and sugar. Cut into six equal portions. Press portions into prepared pan holes.
    4. Cook in a hot oven (200C) for about 8 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool tart cases in pan.
    5. Meanwhile, to make filling, peel and core apples. Cut into quarters, then cut each quarter into thin slices.
    6. Melt butter in a large, non-stick frying pan. Add apples, sugar, essence and rind. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes, or until apples are almost soft. Add strawberries. Cook, stirring, for a further 5 minutes, or until apples and strawberries are both soft.
    7. Spoon warm filling into pastry cases. Dust with sifted icing sugar mixture.
    8. Serve with cream.

    (Source: lifestyle.yahoo.com)
     
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