Apple & Blueberry Danishes

These delicious fruit pastries are a must for your next brunch

• Cooking Time Prep 20 mins
  Cook 25 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Serves 8

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  350

• Protein

  5g

• Carbs

  31g

• Fat

  24g

• Saturates

  12g

• Fibre

  1g

• Sugar

  12g

• Salt

  0.73g

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp butter
• 4 tbsp demerara sugar
• 2 small eating apples, peeled, cored and diced
• pinch each ground allspice and cinnamon
• 75g blueberries
• 500g pack puff pastry
• little plain flour for rolling
• 1 egg, beaten

Directions

1. First make the filling: melt the butter and 3 tbsp of the sugar in a medium saucepan. Stir in the apples and spices and cook for 5 mins, until the fruit is slightly softened but not cooked. Remove from the heat and stir in the blueberries.
2. Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface to £1 coin thickness. Cut out 8 x 11cm squares. Prick the squares all over with a fork and transfer to a baking tray.
3. Divide the filling between the pastry squares, spooning it into the centre of each square. Bring the four corners into the centre of each square and pinch together edges using a little of the egg to help stick. Brush all over the danishes with the rest of the egg. They can be covered and chilled for a few hours now.
4. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Dust with the remaining demerara and cook for 20 mins until the pastry is golden. Don't worry if they pop open while cooking-they look even prettier.

Categories: Courses, Fruit