250g puff pasty (good quality shop bought is fine, for hand-made see Mrs. Beeton’s recipe above)
16 Cox’s apples
6 tbsp of apple compote (good quality shop bought or see recipe based on Mrs. Beeton’s below)
100g caster sugar
2 vanilla pods
250g unsalted butter
2 beaten egg whites
icing sugar to dust
1/2 tsp of ground cloves
2 tbsp of sweet sherry

Apple Compote ingredients:

750g Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped
150g caster sugar
300ml of water
1 lemon, half the juice and all the zest
1 tbsp of quince jam / marmalade (shop bought or home-made)