Middle_Eastern
Middle Eastern - Desserts and Sweets
Middle Eastern Sweet Pastry (Style 43)
Chef's Menu Description
Flaky, all-butter golden pastry filled with a delicately spiced sweet filling, baked until crisp and aromatic.
Ingredients
- • 500g plain flour
- • 200g blanched almonds, ground
- • 150g icing sugar
- • 200g unsalted butter, melted
- • 3 tbsp sesame seeds
- • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- • 1 tsp ground anise
- • 2 tbsp honey
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Toast the flour in a dry pan over low heat for 20-30 minutes, stirring constantly, until golden and fragrant, then cool.
2
Phase 2
Combine the cooled flour, almonds, icing sugar, cinnamon, anise, and sesame seeds.
3
Phase 3
Work in the melted butter and honey with your fingertips until the mixture holds together like damp sand.
4
Phase 4
Press firmly into a buttered square dish and smooth the top.
5
Phase 5
Cut into diamonds and serve in small paper cases; keeps for weeks in an airtight tin.