Apple Roses

method:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/ Gas 4. Slice the apples in half and remove the core but keeping the half apple intact. Thinly slice the apples and place in a microwavable bowl with the juice of a lemon. Cover with cling film and microwave on high for 1-2 minutes to soften. Leave to cool.
• Open up the puff pastry sheet onto a lightly floured surface. Cut lengthways into six even strips. Brush each strip with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon and caster sugar.
• Start at one end of the pastry and place the apple slices half way up the pastry (so you can fold the pastry over later). Place the apple slices along the pastry overlapping slightly as you go. Leave a gap of few centimetres at the end to stick the pastry together.
• Fold over the bottom half of the pastry and roll from the end that you started placing the apples first. Lightly press the excess pastry to seal together.
• Place into a lined muffin mould and bake for 30 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire rack, then sprinkle with icing sugar to serve.