Dried fruit pastry
Little half-moon pastries filled with honeyed dried fruit
Crisp, buttery half-moon pastries filled with chopped apricots, pears, figs, cherries and almonds soaked in honey with a little cardamom and cinnamon. They're sweet, fruity and lightly spiced. Serve them hot with ice cream, or cold with tea; the recipe makes about 36 small pastries.
- Total time
- 60 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 18
Ingredients
For the filling
For the dough
Method
0/7 doneStep 1: Mix 4 tbsp dried apricots, 4 tbsp dried pears, 4 tbsp dried figs, 2 tbsp glacé cherries, 2 tbsp blanched almonds, 1 pinch ground cardamom and ½ tsp ground cinnamon with ½ cup honey. Cover and set aside to soak while you make the dough.
Step 2: Mix 4 ½ oz plain flour, 1 ¾ oz sugar, ¾ tsp salt, ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda and 1 tsp baking powder. Rub in 4 oz chilled butter with your fingertips until it looks like breadcrumbs.
5 minStep 3: Add ¼ cup evaporated milk (unsweetened condensed milk) and 1 tsp almond essence and knead lightly to a soft dough.
Step 4: Heat the oven to 400°F (350°F fan) and grease two baking trays.
Step 5: Divide the dough into 4 and roll each portion out 3 mm thick. Cut out circles with a 5 cm pastry cutter, re-rolling the trimmings.
Step 6: Put 1½ tsp of filling on one half of each circle, fold over into a semi-circle and press the edges to seal. Make one or two small slits on top.
Step 7: Bake for 15–20 minutes, until golden brown. Serve hot with ice cream.
18 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 120 kcal
- Protein
- 1 g
- Carbs
- 15 g
- Fat
- 6 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does dried fruit pastry take?
- About 60 minutes in total: 40 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 18 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
- What can I use instead of honey?
- Maple syrup or golden syrup, same amount.
- What can I use instead of ground cinnamon?
- A cinnamon stick, ground: about ½ tsp per stick.
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