Mincemeat and Bramley Apple Puff Parcels Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 Bramley apples
• 8 tsp mincemeat (vegetarian if required)
• 320 g ready rolled puff pastry
• 1 medium free range eggs
• 1 tbsp demerara sugar (turbinado sugar)
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 190C (170C fan/375F). Peel the Bramley apples and cut them in half along their equator. Remove the cores.

2. 2

   Unroll the puff pastry and divide into quarters.

3. 3

   Place an apple half on the centre of each rectangle of puff pastry.

4. 4

   Fill the cores of each apple with mincemeat.

5. 5

   Wrap the apples up in the pastry by folder the corners into the middle, stretching the pastry a little if necessary to completely seal the parcel.

6. 6

   Mix the egg with a splash of water to make an egg wash, then brush the parcels all over.

7. 7

   Sprinkle each parcel with sugar.

8. 8

   And a pinch of cinnamon.

9. 9

   Bake on a greaseproof sheet for 20-30 minutes until golden brown, then serve hot. They're amazing with a drizzle of cool double cream.