Desert Rose Recipes

BAKED APPLE ROSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter 2 small ramekins (6 to 8 ounce) and dust with white sugar.
• Place apple slices on a plate, overlapping slightly if necessary. Microwave on High about 45 seconds just until slices have softened a bit. Cover plate with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel.
• Mix together sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Roll puff pastry sheet to less than 1/8-inch thickness. Using a pizza cutter, cut two 3-inch by 12-inch rectangles. Reserve remaining pieces for another use.
• Spread melted butter over dough; top with a generous amount of cinnamon-sugar. Place apple slices along 1 long edge of dough, about 1/4 inch beyond edge of dough, overlapping slices slightly. Fold bottom half of dough over the apple slices to form a long "folder" of dough with rounded edges of apple slices exposed.
• Beat egg and water together in a bowl. Paint surface of dough with egg wash. Sprinkle with more cinnamon-sugar, to taste.
• Starting from one end, roll dough not too tightly to form a rose-shaped pastry. Seal roll with end of dough strip.
• Transfer roses to prepared ramekins. Sprinkle with a little more cinnamon-sugar. Place ramekins directly on middle rack of preheated oven.
• Bake until well browned, about 45 minutes. Remove ramekins with tongs and place on baking sheet to cool 5 to 10 minutes. Remove apple roses from ramekins and finish cooling on rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

DESERT ROSE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients together except for the powdered sugar. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place on a cookie sheet. Press down with a knife to make slits like a triangle in the cookie. Using the end of the knife, press the center of the cookie downward. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool and then dust with powdered sugar.

YELLOW DESERT ROSE

Steps:

• Shake liquors with ice; strain and pour into a 5-ounce Collins glass over fresh ice. Fill glass with orange juice. Top off with a drop of grenadine, and garnish with pineapple, orange and lime slices.

DESERT ROSE (COCKTAIL)

Steps:

• Add the guava nectar, passion fruit juice, tequila and orange liqueur in a cocktail glass. Squeeze in the lime juice, and top off with sparkling wine. Garnish the cocktail glass with a slice of fresh lime.