This recipe uses that old favourite the puff pastry sheet – perfect for freezing for that rainy day or a good idea!
With this in mind, here are :
Mini Belgian Buns
1 sheet of frozen puff pastry, thawed in fridge (375g)
15g butter, melted
50g dark chocolate drops (or finely chopped)
25g ground almonds
50g sultanas
1 egg, lightly beaten with 1 tbsp milk
Fondant Glaze
75g icing sugar
1-2 tsps boiling water
50g flaked almonds and 6 glacé cherries cut in half
to decorate
Preheat your oven 180c fan/200c/Gas 6. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper or similar. Unroll the pastry sheet and lay with the short sides either side - you are going to roll to form a log.
Brush the surface of the pastry and melted butter then scatter the chocolate and ground almonds leaving a border at the top end of the pastry to enable you to “glue” the log when rolled. Then scatter the sultanas over the chocolate and almonds. Carefully roll up from one of the shortest sides as tightly as you can forming a log.
Using a sharp knife, cut the log into 12 even slices. Place on the baking tray and brush with the remaining butter, then the beaten egg mixture. Bake for 15-20 minutes until puffed and golden.
Here's the photo story so far folks!
Drizzle over the buns then sprinkle with flaked almonds and the final flourish – half a cherry on the top!
Happy Easter
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