Eccles Cakes

Подготовка

1. 🥄To make the pastry, dice the butter and put it in the freezer to go really hard.
2. 🔥Tip flour into the bowl of a food processor with half the butter and pulse to the texture of breadcrumbs.

Шаги

1. 🔥Pour in the lemon juice and 100ml iced water, and pulse to a dough.
2. 🧂Tip in the rest of the butter and pulse a few times until the dough is heavily flecked with butter.
3. 🍳It is important that you don’t overdo this as the flecks of butter are what makes the pastry flaky.
4. 🫇On a floured surface roll the pastry out to a neat rectangle about 20 x 30cm.
5. 🍽️Fold the two ends of the pastry into the middle (See picture 1), then fold in half (pic 2).
6. 🌿Roll the pastry out again and refold the same way 3 more times resting the pastry for at least 15 mins each time between roll and fold,
7. ✨then leave to rest in the fridge for at least 30 mins before using.
8. 🥄To make the filling, melt the butter in a large saucepan.

Подготовка

1. 🧂Take it off the heat and stir in all the other ingredients until completely mixed, then set aside.
2. 🍳To make the cakes, roll the pastry out until it’s just a little thicker than a £1 coin and cut out 8 rounds about 12cm across.

Шаги

1. 🍳Re-roll the trimming if needed.

Подготовка

1. 🫇Place a good heaped tablespoon of mixture in the middle of each round, brush the edges of the rounds with water,

Шаги

1. 🍽️then gather the pastry around the filling and squeeze it together (pic 3).
2. 🌿Flip them over so the smooth top is upwards and pat them into a smooth round.
3. ✨Flatten each round with a rolling pin to an oval until the fruit just starts to poke through, then place on a baking tray.

Подготовка

1. 🌿Cut 2 little slits in each Eccles cakes, brush generously with egg white and sprinkle with the sugar (pic 4).

Шаги

1. ✨Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas

Готовка

1. 🥄Bake the Eccles cakes for 15-20 mins until just past golden brown and sticky.

Подача

1. 🔥Leave to cool on a rack and enjoy while still warm or cold with a cup of tea.
2. 🧂If you prefer, Eccles cakes also go really well served with a wedge of hard, tangy British cheese such as Lancashire or cheddar.