Low Calorie Apple Tarts

You can keep apple pie on the menu with these low calorie recipes. The recipes use Granny Smith apples, but there are plenty of other options, such as Braeburn and Pink Lady. Brushing the sheets of phyllo dough with a mix of honey and warm water rather than melted butter keeps the fat content in check. You could also use butter flavoured cooking spray instead.

 

Lower Calorie Apple Tarts

Ingredients

• 5 Granny Smith Apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tbsp warm water
• 6 sheets 9-inch by 14-inch phyllo dough

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Coat a 9-inch pie plate with non-stick cooking spray.
3. Put one sheet of phyllo on the bottom of the pie dish, folded to fit and pressed flat, and then bake it for four minutes so that there is a firm crust on the bottom.
4. Peel, core and slice apples thinly. Combine apples, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon and flour in a large
   bowl and half cook the filling in the microwave, so that
   it is steamy hot and semi-soft when going into the pie.
5. In a small bowl, mix honey with warm water.
6. Stack the phyllo sheets on a clean surface.
7. Working quickly, brush the top sheet with the honey mixture and lay on the pie plate.
   You could spray oil between the sheets of phyllo instead of honey. Push the dough into the plate, leaving the sides overhanging.
8. Spoon apple mixture into the pie plate, forming a large mound.
9. Gather overhanging sides of phyllo sheets up to form a galette-style pie (where some of the fruit remains exposed in the centre).
10. Place in the oven and bake for 20 – 25 minutes.

Serves 6 – Serving Size 1/6 – Nutrition Per Serving
Calories: 173, Fat: 1g, Carbohydrate: 40, Fibre: 3g, Protein: 1g