Apple Pie Samosas

I came across this recipe yesterday on the BBC Good Food website. It really is an Autumn/Winter/Christmas kind of recipe so I apologise for being unseasonable but I had to try it, especially when I calculated that they were about 76 calories each.

(Makes 12)

Ingredients:
2 cooking apples (approx 250-300g) , peeled, cored and chopped
50g caster sugar
1 tsp ground mixed spice
50g sultanas
4 sheets filo pastry
25g butter, melted

1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Place the apples, sugar, mixed spice and sultanas in a saucepan with 2 tbsp water and cook, covered, on a low heat for 10 mins or until the apples are soft, stirring once or twice. Tip into a shallow dish and spread out to cool slightly.

2. Cut a sheet of filo in thirds lengthways, then brush all three lightly with the melted butter so that they don't dry out.

3. Place a spoonful of the apple filling at the top of each strip, then fold over and over to form triangular parcels. 

 

4. Brush the baking sheet with a little of the melted butter. Place on a baking sheet and then brush the samosas with any remaining butter and left over sugar, mixed spice, water mix from cooking the apples.

5. Bake for 15-20 mins until crisp and golden. 

These went down very well. Mr VST said that they smelled of Christmas and he didn't mind at all that it is May! They make light, flavoursome, parcels of deliciousness and I can certainly recommend them with ice cream.