Mini Apple Maple Tartlets Recipe - Easy Single Serve Pies

Apple and Maple Tartlets

An original recipe by Not Quite Nigella

Makes 10 pies

For Pastry

• 2 2/3 cups plain flour

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 teaspoon sugar

• 3/4 cup vegetable oil

• 6 tablespoons of cold milk (or soy milk if making it vegan)

For filling

• 4-5 small Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut into small pieces

• 1 cup raw sugar (you could use white, I just like raw for the colour and texture)

• 4-5 tablespoons of maple syrup

• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

• 1/3 cup cornflour

• 3 tablespoons of butter cut into small pieces (or Nuttelex if making it vegan)

• 2 tablespoons of milk for brushing (or soy milk if making it vegan)

Also:

• 10 individual pie tins diameter 10cms in diameter at the top rim

• 1 round cutter 11cms diameter

• Apple shaped cutter (or round cutter)

Preheat oven to 200c

To make pastry:

Step 1 - Mix flour, salt and sugar. Measure oil and milk together but don’t stir together. Pour the milk and oil into flour until combined and resembling a pastry. If it doesn't come together add a little more milk.

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Step 2 - Roll out pastry on greaseproof paper with a rolling pin (it will be hard to roll as small bits flake off, the greaseproof paper is the best thing to combat this) and cut out 10 circles and 10 apple shapes to top them with. Place pastry in freezer while you get the filling together. I prefer to do this than cut the apples beforehand and use lemon but that's just a personal preference, if you cut the apples beforehand and add lemon juice, just put them straight into the pie shells.

Step 3 - Mix all of the filling ingredients except for the butter together until combined well. Spoon into pie shells and dot with the butter cubes. Place apple shaped pastry cut outs on top and brush with milk and bake in 200c oven for 15 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes and dust with icing sugar if desired. Serve with cream or ice cream.

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