Filled fig clouds

AUTHOR
Harley Romero
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 3
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 1
  • 250 g Butter or margarine
  • 2 Eggs (size M)
  • 375 g Flour
  • 125 g Sugar
  • 1 package Vanillin sugar
  • 1 package (6 g) Orange fruit
  • 150 g dried figs
  • 50 g Pine nuts
  • 3 TABLESPOONS cherry brandy
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Icing sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour

Directions

  1. 1

    Cut cold fat into cubes. Separate 1 egg and keep the yolk. Knead flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, orange fruit, egg white, remaining egg and fat with the dough hooks of the hand mixer to a smooth dough. Let rest for about 30 minutes. In the meantime, finely chop the figs.

  2. 2

    Roast pine nuts at medium heat in a pan until golden brown. Then chop finely as well. Mix figs, pine nuts, kirsch and icing sugar until smooth. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface approx. 3 mm thick and cut out flowers (approx. 8 cm Ø). Knead dough remains together, roll out again and cut out. Place some fig mixture in the middle of the flowers. Stir the rest of the egg yolk and 1 tablespoon of water until smooth and brush the edges of the dough with it. Fold up the flowers. Brush with the egg yolk and place on 2 baking trays lined with baking paper.

  3. 3

    Knead dough remains together, roll out again and cut out. Place some fig mixture in the middle of the flowers. Stir the rest of the egg yolk and 1 tablespoon of water until smooth and brush the edges of the dough with it. Fold up the flowers. Brush with the egg yolk and place on 2 baking trays lined with baking paper. One after the other in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ gas: level 3)

  4. 4

    Bake for about 12 minutes. Results in approx. 50 pieces

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
90 kcal
CARBS
10 g
FATS
5 g
PROTEINS
1 g

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