Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 and butter the ramekins.

Step 2

Peel and core all the apples. Then thinly slice them on a mandolin.

Step 3

Melt the butter. In a small bowl, combine melted butter, lemon juice, lemon zest, cinnamon, sugar, nutmeg and salt.

Step 4

Dip each apple slice in the butter mixture and then layer into a ramekin. Repeat this process until the layers reach almost to the top (about 40 layers). Flip each ramekin over into the bowl to drain out the excess liquid.

Step 5

Bake the apple pies (without the crust) for 10 minutes.

Step 6

While the pies bake, roll out the puff pastry and cut out circles that are roughly the size of your ramekins.

Step 7

After their 10 minute bake, carefully top each ramekin with a circle of puff pastry. Return to the oven and bake until pastry is golden brown, 20 minutes.

Step 8

Allow the pies to cool and serve with ice cream or whipped cream. You can also flip them upside down out of the ramekin to serve if you'd like.