Cinnamon Spiced Apple Wellingtons (with video)

Cinnamon Spiced Apple Wellingtons, a buttery pastry wrapped around an entire apple, filled with nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon, simulating an apple!

Sometimes A Girl's Gotta Get Her OWN Apples!
Sometimes A Girl’s Gotta Get Her OWN Apples!

Apple Season

So many recipes rummage around in my taste buds during apple season.

However, this year, for a little something special and unique, I am going to create a Spiced Apple Wellington!

Apples Wellington
Apples Wellington

Apple picking or Farmer’s Market excursion for apples in the fall are a time of the year that reminds me that fruit baring season is nearing an end before the cold of winter sets in. 

Winter Fruit Pie with Apples Nuts and Dried Fruit
Winter Fruit Pie with Apples Nuts and Dried Fruit

While I will make Winter Fruit Pies throughout the winter, for this special occasion of apple picking, I wanted to make a unique dessert.

Apple Season
Apple Season

What Is A Wellington?

It has often been associated with a Beef Wellington, which I will boast that mine is definitely the best!

Of course, beef is not the only ingredients that is spectacular with a pastry wrapped around it.

A Venison Wellington will do just fine also, especially if you live in an area where venison is available during hunting season.

But I am going to stray from the usual savory Wellingtons and make a sweet Wellington you are sure to love!

Perfect Beef Wellington
Perfect Beef Wellington

Wellingtons Are All About The Crust

Definitely, if you love this Apple Wellington, you will want to try another kookie recipe of mine, Apple Baklava!

Both are made with the same sweet spices inside and buttery crust encasing them!

Using Our Homemade Crust, or any favorite pie crust, or store bought crust, even a puff pastry will work.

The apples are peeled, cored (an apple coring tool makes this easy), and placed in a baking dish, covered and baked just enough to soften slightly, but not cook them.

This step softens the apple enough to be certain it is cooked inside the pastry, without over cooking the pastry.

Where Would Apples Be Without Cinnamon

If food is the spice of life, then cinnamon is the spice most loved in food!

The woodsy, pungent aroma of cinnamon is unmistakable and recognized by nearly everyone.

Cinnamon Rich Pastry Used For Apple Wellingtons
Cinnamon Rich Pastry Used For Apple Wellingtons

Nearly every culture uses cinnamon in their cooking, though not always in the same way.

While most think of cinnamon as the outstanding aroma and flavor in their baked goods, there’s more to cinnamon than that.

Savory Cinnamon

Having grown up with a Syrian mom, I observed her many uses of cinnamon in savory dishes, as well as sweet.

Cinnamon, by nature, is not sweet; in fact it is somewhat hot and peppery.

When cinnamon is used in meat dishes, it brings a spicy earthiness to the meat, and definitely not sweet.

  • Spiced Lamb Tajine With Apricots – Mediterranean flavors come together in this richly spiced Lamb and apricot Tajine; simmered low and slow with aromatic spices of cinnamon, cardamom, sumac and ginger.
  • Middle Eastern Kibbeh – a traditional Middle Eastern dish that is uniquely created with ground meat, bulgur wheat and spices of cinnamon, marjoram and black cumin. 
  • Fesenjan Iranian Chicken Walnut Stew – rich stew made with walnut and pomegranate sauce, often pumpkin with other exotic spices.

Cinnamon and Apple Decadence

Let’s get started with our Apple and pastry desserts that may look a little rustic but are packed with the Autumn flavors we wait all year for.

To assure that the apples cook in sync with the pastry, we will pre-bake the apples for just a just time.

After the apples have cooled, simply fill them with my sweet, cinnamon filling, wrap the pastry around the apple, egg wash, and then bake them in the oven until golden!

Nuts and Brown Sugar Filled Apples
Nuts and Brown Sugar Filled Apples

When these apple wellingtons are place on a tray, they almost look like a real apple or an art piece depicting an apple. Whimsical and delicious!

Pastry Wrapped Apples Ready To Bake
Pastry Wrapped Apples Ready To Bake

Ingredients Needed

  • Pie Pastry
  • Apples
  • Butter
  • Walnuts
  • Brown sugar
  • Cinnamon
  • Walnut oil (optional)
Apple Core Tool
Apple Core Tool

Equipment Needed

  • Apple coring tool – this makes the job go fast.
  • Baking dish
  • Foil
  • Rolling pin
  • Cutting board
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Chopping knife
  • Small paring knife
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoons
  • Basting brush
  • Oven
Cinnamon Spiced Apple Wellingtons With Walnuts
Cinnamon Spiced Apple Wellingtons With Walnuts
Cinnamon Spiced Apple Wellingtons

Cinnamon Spiced Apple Wellingtons

Buttery pastry wrapped around an entire apple, filled with nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon, simulating an apple.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Fusion
Keyword: Cinnamon Spiced Apple Wellingtons
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
cooling: 30 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours
Servings: 4 servings

Equipment

  • Apple Coring tool
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Baking dish
  • Basting brush

Ingredients

  • Pie Crust homemade or puff pastry *see notes
  • 4 Apples peeled and cored
  • 1/2 cup Butter melted
  • 3/4 cup Walnuts rough chopped
  • 3 tbsp Brown Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Cinnamon
  • 1 Egg plus 1 tsp water egg wash
  • 1 tbsp Walnut Oil optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Place peeled and cored apples in a baking dish, covered with foil, and bake for 15 minutes. Cool.
  • Puree the nuts, butter, sugar, cinnamon and a drizzle of walnut oil to make a paste.
    Fill the cored apples with this mixture.
  • Roll out the pastry to fit around 4 apples.
    Wrap and mold the pastry around the apples. The warmth of your hands will help to mold the pastry, but start off working with cold pastry.
  • Cut out leaves from pastry scraps and place on the top along with a piece to look like a stem.
  • Egg wash the apples before baking to both smooth out the surface and give a golden finish.
  • Bake at 350 for about 40-45 minutes or until golden and you can smell the sweet aroma of the filling.

Video

Notes

A butter pie crust forms easily around the apples, as will puff pastry, the trick will be to work with cold pastry to mold it around the apple. 

 

Cinnamon Spiced Apple Wellingtons
Cinnamon Spiced Apple Wellingtons
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