Mini Apple Crostatas
This easy recipe for mini cinnamon-apple crostatas uses puff pastry dough as a shortcut, but that doesn't make them any less delicious.
For more easy fruit pie recipes, try making this Lazy Apple Pie or these Free-Form Fruit Galettes from "Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro using your favorite in-season fruit.
- 1 package frozen puff pastry dough, defrosted according to package directions
- 3 tablespoon butter, divided
- 2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut into ¾-inch dice
- 2 medium Honeycrisp apples, peeled, cored and cut into ¾-inch dice
- ⅛ cup sugar
- Zest and juice of 1 Meyer lemon or lemon
- 1 heavy pinch salt
- 3 rounded tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, plus extra for topping
- 1 jar store-bought dulce de leche
Preheat an oven to 400 °F.
In a large skillet over medium heat, melt 3 tablespoons of butter. Add the apples, sugar, lemon zest and juice, and salt. Sauté for 5-6 minutes or until apples are soft but still have a little firmness to them. Add in flour and cinnamon, and sauté 1 minute until flour has coated the apples. Let the mixture cool.
Lightly flour a cutting board and lay puff pastry dough out flat. Lightly flour the top of the pastry dough and roll out lightly to smooth the edges. Using a ring mold or a paring knife, cut out four 5-inch circles.
Place some of the cooled apple filling on each pastry round, leaving about a half-inch border around the edges. Gently fold the border over the apples to enclose, pleating it to make a circle. In the center of each crostata, place a dollop of dulce de leche. Sprinkle a little cinnamon over the crostatas.
On a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake the crostatas for 20-25 minutes or until pastry is golden brown. Let cool on a cookie rack.
Serve with another dollop of dulce de leche or vanilla ice cream and enjoy!