Cherry Foldovers

Name: Cherry Foldovers
Yield: Makes 12
Cuisine: Danish
Ingredients: 75 ml/2½ fl oz/⅓ cup water; 1 egg, separated; 30 ml/2 tbsp water; 30 ml/2 tbsp apricot jam; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 125 g/4½ oz/generous ½ cup butter, softened; 15 ml/1 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground cinnamon; 225 g/8 oz drained pitted morello cherries in syrup, plus 15 ml/1 tbsp syrup from the jar or can; 15 ml/1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 30 ml/2 tbsp Kirsch; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 1 egg; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups unbleached white bread flour

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

Danish pastries are filled with a sweet cherry filling spiked with Kirsch.

Ingredients

For the Danish Pastry Dough

1 egg
75 ml/2½ fl oz/⅓ cup

Europe
Denmark
Dessert
Nordic
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Pour the egg and water into the pan. Reverse the order in which you add the liquid and dry ingredients if necessary.
Sprinkle over the flour and cinnamon, covering the liquid. Add the sugar, salt and 25g/1oz/2 tbsp of the butter, placing them in separate corners. Make a shallow indent in the flour; add the yeast. Set the bread machine to the dough set