Apple Bourekas — Puff Pastry Filled with Apple and Cinnamon

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Pastry Filling

1. 1
   Melt the butter in a wide pan and add the fruit, sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice and cook over medium heat about 5 minutes, stirring, until the fruit softens.

   StoveFrying pan
2. 2
   Add the flour and vanilla and stir.
3. 3
   Let the filling cool before spreading.

To assemble

1. 4
   Roll out the dough on a work surface and cut into into squares of about 12 cm.

   Knife
2. 5
   Place a spoonful of cooled filling in the center of each piece, fold diagonally and seal the edges well with a fork.

   💡Seal well and press with a fork all along the edges, and don't overfill: a pastry that opens in the oven loses its filling, and in the fryer it fills with oil.
3. 6
   Arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, brush with beaten egg.

   Baking panParchment paper

   💡Brush with an egg beaten with a teaspoon of water: the glaze turns shiny and golden.
4. 7
   Bake in an oven preheated to 200°C (390°F) 18–22 minutes, until the pastries are puffed and golden underneath too.

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   💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
5. 8
   Sprinkle the powdered sugar over the pastries and serve.