6
Medium
4 hr
By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde
Published 2002
This little flaky butter pastry, Chausson aux Pommes, is named for its shape. It is a favourite with children at goûter, the four o’clock snack that is traditional in France. Serve it warm.
Take 200g of the butter, hard from the fridge, and cut it into very small pieces. Place the pieces on a tray and leave to soften for 20 minutes.
Put the flour in a bowl, add a few pieces of butter and toss them in the flour using a round bladed knife. Continue adding butter until all of it is well coated in flour, so that no pieces get the chance to clump together. Add the cold water an
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