Quick Filo Apple Pie Turnovers

Here's a nice quick dessert recipe for you, which only takes about 10 minutes to put together and tastes delicious! They are best eaten hot and crispy straight out of the oven with some ice cream, but can also be packed into a picnic as a handheld snack.

You can  also make these with eating apples, but I would reduce the sugar added as they are sweeter. Personally, I would recommend to use cooking apples to get that authentic, proper apple pie flavour.

Ingredients:

2 bramley cooking apples
50g caster sugar + 1 tbsp. for sprinkling
50g raisins
1 tsp. mixed spice
t tbsp. water
3 sheets filo pastry
20g butter, melted
1 tbsp. icing sugar, for dusting

Method:

Peel, core & chop the apples and place in a small saucepan with the sugar, raisins, spice & water. Cook on a low heat, stirring occasionally for about 10 minutes, until soft. Leave to cool.

Set the oven to 200 C. Put one sheet of filo pastry on the counter in front of you and cut it in half, so you have 2 long strips. Brush with some melted butter. Put a about 2 tbsp. of the apple mix at the top of each strip, then fold over and over to form triangular parcels. Place onto a baking sheet, brush with a little more butter and sprinkle with a little caster sugar. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden. Dust with icing sugar.

You can serve these hot or cold, but I like them hot with ice cream!