Apple and Cinnamon Swirl

Serves 4
Prep Time 5 mins
Cooking Time 30 mins
Ingredients

• 7 Braeburn apples, approx 144g
• 3 Tsp melted low fat butter (I can’t believe it’s not butter)
• 3 Dessert spoons granulated sugar
• 7 Tsp honey
• 1 Pkt/200g ready rolled filo pastry sheets
• 3-4 Tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 Dessert spoon icing sugar for dusting

Method

• Peel and core the apples
• Chop into small pieces ½ inch/1.2cm
• Transfer chopped apples to a medium saucepan and add about ½ pint/300ml of cold water
• Add 2 dst spoons of sugar
• Bring to the boil and simmer for about 5 minutes, until apples start to soften
• Strain off liquid
• Meanwhile lay out the filo pastry, putting 2 sheets together, one on top of the other, so you end up with 7 double sheets
• Brush the sheets with a little melted butter, and honey
• Now add 2 desserts spoons of apple in the middle of the pastry sheet, in a line
• Sprinkle over the cinnamon
• Roll the apple pastry sheet into tube shapes
• Do this with each sheet
• Lightly grease a round baking or pizza tray
• Make a spiral with the 7 rolled apple pastry sheets
• Brush a little melted butter on top, and sprinkle over the remaining sugar
• Bake in a preheated oven 375°F/190°C/Gas mark 5 for about 30 minutes
• Carefully lift out and place the apple spiral on a serving plate
• Dust the icing sugar over the top

Equipment

• Medium saucepan
• Large baking tray

Shopping List

• 7 Braeburn apples approx 144g
• 3 Tsp melted low fat butter (I can’t believe it’s not butter)
• 3 Dessert spoons granulated sugar
• 7 Tsp honey
• 1 Pkt/200g ready rolled filo pastry sheets
• 3-4 Tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 Dessert spoon icing sugar