Blue Book: Core elements
It’s the best time of the year to enjoy dishes featuring apples, as these recipes show
Armagh apple tartlets from the Bushmills Inn
Ingredients
3-4 eating apples
4 thin rounds of puff pastry, 15cm in diameter
25g unsalted butter, melted
A little icing sugar
For the frangipane
75g caster sugar
1 large egg, beaten
110g ground almonds
25g plain flour
15ml milk
Dash of Calvados
For the caramel sauce
400g caster sugar
500ml cream
To garnish
Crème fraiche
Fresh mint leaves
Method
1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F/gas 4.
