If the thought of a recipe described as RUSTIC sends shivers down your spine consider this!
“Artful is the new Rustic!
Bread can be described as wholesome, earthy, crusty and rustic. Countries live and breath by the bread they make and have further developed a measure of quality by which a baker is referred to as, most popular being “Artisan Bread” or “Artisan Bakers”!
Why is it that a recipe handed down from Great Grand-mother to granddaughter not warrant the same respect , the feeling of deep admiration for a carefully crafted recipe measured not by grams but handfuls and the feel of the dough being carefully nurtured through every step.
“Don’t get me wrong I love the careful precision and craftsmanship produced in modern patisserie”
My point is we need to recognise that there is true art to be seen, valued and admired if only we looked closer with a child like wonder and used our sense of smell and our curiosity to enjoy the amazing baked spectacle that has been crafted together to produced a canvas of colour and long lasting memories.For all the recipes handed down for us to enjoy and to all the “Artful Bakers”
” THANK YOU”
Ingredients:
160g Self-Raising Flour
2 Tablespoons Icing sugar
1 Tablespoon Custard Powder
100g Butter – Unsalted
1 Egg
65g Light Sour Cream
Filling:
1 cup mixed dry fruit (Sultana, Currant, Mixed Peal)
Apricot Jam (optional Raspberry is lovely too!)
Cinnamon Sugar (optional)
Egg-Wash:
1 Egg yolk
1/2 Tablespoon Milk
You will Need:
1 Baking sheet lined with baking paper
1 pastry brush
Rolling Pin
Method:
Pre-heat oven 180 Degrees
1: In a food processor add Self-Raising Flour, Icing sugar, Custard Powder and Butter process until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. If you don’t have a food processor rub the ingredients together using your fingertips.
2: Add the egg and sourcream, bring the mixture together to form a dough ball. Do not over work the pastry.
3: On a floured surface use a rolling pin to roll out the pastry 4 – 5 mm thickness.
4: Brush the apricot jam over the pastry surface, then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and lastly sprinkle over the mixed fruit. Gently roll the pastry. Place it on the baking tray brush with the egg wash and sprinkle the demerara sugar on top.
4: Bake till golden 25 – 30 minutes.
I hope you and your family enjoy this “Artful bake” 🙂
Happy Baking
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