A new take on an old favourite, air fried to crispy perfection. Prepare and freeze in advance for a fuss free Chanukah get-together. Serve with a sweet/salty caramel dipping sauce or luxurious orange flavoured custard. Change them up by swapping out the apple filling for fruity mincemeat plus a good grating of orange zest for a festive treat. If you don’t have an air fryer you can bake them in a conventional oven for about 12-15 minutes on a lined baking sheet.



Method:

• To make the salted caramel sauce: heat the sugar, golden syrup and butter together in a medium sized saucepan over a gentle heat until melted, stirring with a wooden spoon. When the mixture is bubbling pour in the cream and allow to cook for two minutes or so. Stir in the ½ teaspoon of salt and remove from the heat.


• Decant into a serving bowl and scatter with a pinch of flaky sea salt.
• If making the orange custard dipping sauce simply add the orange zest to a pot of ready made custard. Add ½, stir, taste and add more as required, saving some to place top if you want.
• Next make the apple pie filling: Peel, core and dice the apple very finely into ½ cm pieces. Place the apples and raisins in a pan with 50g butter or margarine, the lemon zest, vanilla bean paste, water, cinnamon to taste, and the sugar - adjust the quantity of sugar according to how sweet the apples are.
• Cook over a low heat until the apples are cooked through but still hold their shape. Allow the mixture to cool.
• Dampen a couple of paper towels. Unwrap the filo dough and cover with the damp paper towels as you work on each sheet.
• Lay a sheet of pastry on your board – long side facing you. Cut the pastry in half down the middle and brush both pieces with melted butter or margarine.
• Place a tablespoon of the apple mixture 3-cm from the bottom of the sheet of pastry in a rough oblong.
• Fold the bottom of the pastry up, then fold in the two sides and continue rolling until you have a spring roll shaped parcel. Brush both sides with butter or margarine and place in the lined basket of your air fryer.
• Continue with the rest of the pastry until you have 16 spring rolls.

Air fry at 190°c for 4-6 minutes, flip them over and air fry for a further 4-6 minutes until crisp and golden brown.

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