Fig Rolls




in a bowl
80 g "free from gluten" plain flour ( a blend of rice tapioca potato maize and buckwheat)
40 g ground quinoa
3 tablespoons Royal icing sugar ( which contains egg white)
rub in 50 g diced butter
bind together with white wine (approx. 3 dessert spoons)
chill in the fridge while you make the fig paste.


in a pan
cook 10 small figs in just enough water to cover them until soft,
Blend to a smooth paste with 1 1/2 teaspoons rosewater.
Leave till cold.

Heat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade (160 fan)
Roll out the pastry in a rectangle 12 cm wide on baking parchment,
place a stripe of fig paste down the centre,
flip the pastry to cover the paste and press pastry edge lightly into pastry base.
Cut into individual rolls about 5 cm long
Place on parchment in a baking tray with the pastry seam hidden underneath
Bake about 20 minutes till the pastry is brown. 


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