Saturday, 23 March 2024

Then there's the buns!

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!





For the fondant glaze - pour the boiling water slowly over the icing sugar in a small bowl while stirring the mixture with a wooden spoon. Pour in only enough water to make a creamy mixture that has the consistency of pancake batter. Cool. You need to make sure the mixture isn't too stiff, you need to be able to drizzle the glaze over your pastries.

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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