White Chocolate - Apple Pie & 600th Post(Valentine's Special) !!

600 recipes,so far !!! 
I can't believe my eyes on seeing this number as I never thought to cook so much in life if it was away from food blogging.Though the posts have crossed 600 long back with events and other posts ,but the total recipes comes to 600 today.Hardly knew to make tea and chapathis before marriage and this is really a big number to me.The biggest support is my family who always love to taste different cuisines and tastes.They enjoy all good recipes featured here.And once in a while,become guinea pigs for the flop ones too.Good critics on every dish to improve is from my h and kids.Then,the second biggest inspiration comes from my fellow bloggers,readers and friends who always encouraged me to try out different recipes which gave me sheer confidence to excel that dish.My consistent friends cheered me up with the lovely comments.Thank u dearies,loved reading all of them.Finally,thanking God for instilling me the confidence to cook,share the dishes and his abundant blessings too.

Valentine's day is just around the corner and each one might be busy making their yummy dishes to conquer the hearts of your loved ones.Today's recipe is a perfect dessert that you can make for you valentines day parties.The natural way of making roses with apples,enjoyed making them.Chocolates are inevitable on Valentine's day and here its white chocolate.The dessert is very rich and the filling is silky smooth that all can enjoy !!

Ingredients
pie crust 1(refer notes)

for rose flowers
apple 1 sliced very thin(see pics)
confectioners sugar 1tbsp
all purpose flour1/2 cup
sugar 1/4 tsp
butter 1.5 tbsp
salt 1/8 tsp
cold water 1 -2tsp
lime juice 1tbsp
boiling water 3cups

for filling
milk 1 3/4 cup
heavy whipping cream 1/4 cup
egg yolks 3
corn starch 1 tbsp
all purpose flour 1tbsp
white chocolate 6 oz(170 g)
vanilla extract 1/2 tsp
granulated sugar 3/4 cup

Method

• FOR PIE CRUST-I have used this recipe here to make the pie crust.Refrigerate for an hour.Remove from refrigerator and on a lightly floured surface,roll the dough in a large circle of 10" round.Place it in the pie pan(I have used foil pie pan).Place the rolled dough in the circle and gently shape the sides as in this pic.Prick with a fork in the center of the pie so that it doesn't puff much.Pre heat oven to 400 degrees F and place,bake for 25-30 mins.However,you can always use ready made pie crust too.

• FOR CHOCOLATE FILLING- Beat the egg yolks in a bowl.Add in the vanilla extract,corn flour,all purpose flour(maida)and 1/2 cup milk (at room temperature),mix well.Bring milk 1 1/4 cup milk with 1/4 cup whipping cream to a boil.Add the beaten egg mixture slowly and keep stirring.The mixture thickens and forms custard.Switch off flame and leave till its warm.Cover with a cling over the surface of the custard and leave aside.When its warm,add the grated coconut and mix well.Stir until chocolate is melted and combines well.Cover and leave again until use.

•  FOR MAKING ROSES-Knead the flour,sugar,salt and ice water in a bowl and refrigerate the dough as a thin disc wrapped in cling wrap.Remove from refrigerator after 30 mins and roll on a lightly floured surface in thin strips.Cut thin lengths and leave aside.In the mean time,slice the apples and add top the boiling water in a pan.Add in lemon juice(to prevent discoloration),mix well.Let the apples stay in water for 2-3 mins and remove from water.Place it by spreading in a plate.Pre hjeat oven to 400 degrees F.Place 6-7 slices in the middle of one rolled thin strip;overlapping the next(as in pic)and then finally covering the apples with the exposed strip.Then roll it tightly to give the rose petals look.Simnilarly repeat to make 4 more roses.Place it in a muffin tray or just a pan.Bake in pre heated oven to 20-25 minutes.Remove and sprinkle confectioners sugar on top.Leave to cool completely.

• ASSEMBLING- Pour the cooled chocolate filling in the ready pie crust.Set in freezer for 2 hours.Remove and place the roses on top.Refrigerate again overnight by covering with a cling wrap.Slice and serve immediately as chocolate melts down.

NOTES
* I made my own pie crust from scratch,the same recipe which I used to make the cherry pies.I just used the same measure to make one large pie instead of individual small pie.The recipe with step wise pics is here,so not sharing them again.
*You can use apple juice instead of water for boiling apples.You can glaze the apples with honey and cinnamon too instead of confectioners sugar. 
* You can make the thin strips longer than I made so that you can make more petals on the rose and the width can be reduced slightly because after rolling the dough becomes fat and plump.
* You can replace dark chocolate for white chocolate.
* The pie has a  moderately sweet filling with white chocolate but with dark chocolate the filling will be apt.If using white chocolate like in this recipe,you can reduce the sugar slightly.

Related posts for Valentine day that you can surprise your loved ones (without much efforts are)-
Chocolate Covered Almond stuffed Dates
Tiramisu (from scratch) 
Strawberry Ice cream(eggless)
Nutella Palmiers
Nutella Oatmeal Heart shaped Cookies(no bake)
Heart shaped fish cutlets
Mini Cheese cakes(no bake)
Red Velvet Cake
Strawberry Pudding

Happy Valentines Day to all !!