I have joined the improv_challenge yahoo group, where every month we are given two ingredients to make something with. It's run by Kristen at Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker, go look at her blog, it has loads of fabulous recipes, tell her I sent you!!
The month of June is Cherries and almond, this is my recipe. You can see all the other entries at the end of this post.
Cherry Danish.
Ingredients
- 1 x 435g tin cherries in light syrup
- 100g cherry jam
- plain flour , for dusting
- 375g ready-rolled puff pastry
- 1 medium egg , beaten
- 100g icing sugar , sieved
Method
Heat the oven to180C fan.
Drain the cherries, keeping 2 tbsp syrup.
Put the cherries into a bowl and mix with the cherry jam.
Roll out the pastry to approx 25cm x 38cm.
Cut into 6 equal squares.
With a small knife cut a 5 cm line from each corner in towards the centre on each square.
Roll the marzipan until 5cm x 13cm, then cut into 6 equal pieces.
Put a piece of marzipan into the centre of each square and top each with about 9 cherries coated in jam.
Fold every other pastry tip into the centre, pressing them together firmly.
Transfer to baking sheets lined with baking paper and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Brush the exposed pastry with beaten egg and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden.
Leave to cool.
Mix the icing sugar with enough syrup to make a smooth icing.
Drizzle over the pastries in a zigzag pattern.
Leave to set.
