Pastries Dessert Recipes - Minted Christmas Crackers Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 large Cooking (tart) apple, chopped

• 100 g/4 oz/2/3 cup sultanas (golden raisins)

• 30 ml/2 tbsp ground almonds

• 5 ml/1 tsp dried mint

• 15 ml/1 tbsp granulated sugar

• 225 g/8 oz puff pastry (paste), thawed if frozen

• Milk, to glaze

• Caster (superfine) sugar, for sprinkling

• 45 ml/3 tbsp icing (confectioners') sugar

• Lemon juice

• Silver cake balls, to decorate

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Method:

1. Mix the apple with the sultanas, almonds, mint and granulated sugar.

2. Roll out the pastry to a rectangle about 40 x 30 cm/16 x 12 in and cut into eight equal rectangles. Divide the apple mixture between the centre of each rectangle.

3. Brush the long edges with milk. Roll up over the filling and place sealed-sides down on a dampened baking (cookie) sheet.

4. Pinch the pastry firmly each side of the filling to form cracker shapes. Brush with milk and sprinkle with caster sugar.

5. Bake in a preheated oven at 220C/425F/gas mark 7 for about 10 minutes until crisp and golden.

6. Mix the icing sugar with a little lemon juice until the consistency of thick cream.

7. Drizzle over the crackers, stud with silver balls and serve hot. (Or leave until cold and add the icing (frosting) and decoration when ready to serve.).