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Rose petal jam crescents
- Published: 22 Nov 22
- Updated: 25 Mar 24
“Beloved all over Romania, there are many local variations on these jam crescents, but no Christmas table is complete without them,” says food writer Irina Georgescu.
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Recipe from Tava by Irina Georgescu (Hardie Grant £27).
Mill wheels (chocolate and hazlenut meringues) are another festive Romanian treat. Get the recipe here.
Ingredients
- 250g plain flour, plus extra to dust
- 125g unsalted butter
- 20g golden caster sugar
- 1 medium free-range egg yolk
- 75g soured cream
- 1 tbsp rosewater
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 150g rose petal confiture or jam, or 9 pieces Turkish delight, diced
- Icing sugar to dust
- Dried rose petals to decorate (optional)
Method
- In a bowl, rub together the flour and butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the sugar, egg yolk, soured cream, rosewater and baking powder, then mix until a dough forms. Bring the dough together by hand without kneading too much. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
- Heat the oven to 160°C fan/ gas 4. Line a baking sheet with baking paper and lightly flour your work surface.
- Divide the pastry dough in half. Keep one half in the fridge while you roll out the other into a circle at least 24cm in diameter – use a plate as a template. Divide the circle into quarters, then cut each quarter in half again to create 8 wedges of pastry. Put 1 tsp of jam (or a few pieces of Turkish delight) at the wider end of each wedge, then roll up. Press to seal the edges and put on a baking sheet. Repeat with the second half of the pastry dough.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes on a lower shelf in the oven until lightly golden and just firm enough to the touch for you to be able to lift them quickly onto a cooling rack. They will firm up more as they cool. Serve slightly warm, dusted with icing sugar and, if you like, decorated with rose petals.
- Recipe from December 2022 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 160kcals
- Fat
- 7.9g (4.8g saturated)
- Protein
- 2g
- Carbohydrates
- 19.8g (7.7g sugars)
- Fibre
- 0.7g
- Salt
- 0.1g
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