Almond and Bitter Orange Pastries

Name: Almond and Bitter Orange Pastries
Ingredients: lightly whisked white of a free-range egg; grated zest and 2 teaspoons juice from 1 Seville orange; 250 g (½ lb) sweetened shortcrust pastry or puff pastry; 250 g (½ lb) sweetened shortcrust pastry or puff pastry; 100 g (3½ oz) ground almonds; 50 g (2 oz) caster sugar; 1 tablespoon Seville orange marmalade, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon orange-flower water; 1 teaspoon orange-flower water

Preparation info

Makes about
18

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

About

Ingredients

250 g (½ lb) sweetened shortcrust pastry or puff pastry
100

Pastry
Snack
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Roll out the pastry and cut into 18 circles. Mix the rest of the ingredients and divide amongst the circles.

Fold over the pastries into a pasty shape, having first dampened the edges, and seal them well. Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6 for 10 minutes