Currant Squares
Created by JostLori on August 9, 2015
- Servings: 20
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 35m
- Recipe #20528
Ingredients
- FLAKY CRUST:
- 10 tablespoons butter (firm, grated)
- 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour (6 ounces)
- Iced water
- FILLING
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (scant)
- 7 1/2 ounces currants (1 1/2 cups)
- 1/16 teaspoon allspice (just a pinch)
- 1 whole lemon, rind and juice
- 7 ounce apple (1 large apple, grated)
- 1 bread slice (crumbled)
- 1 large egg, beaten (for egg wash glaze)
How to Make
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TO MAKE PASTRY
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Step 1: Freeze butter or margarine for half an hour before grating.
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Step 2: Sift flour and a pinch of salt into a bowl, then add butter or margarine. Mix into flour with palette knife. Add iced water a bit at a time until a dough is formed. Wrap and chill in fridge.
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TO MAKE FILLING
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Step 3: Put all filling ingredients into a saucepan and bring to boiling point. Set aside to cool.
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Step 4: Preheat oven to 400°F. Roll out half the pastry very thinly and line a Swiss roll tin.
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Step 5: Pour on currant filling, spreading evenly, then cover with the rest of the pastry.
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Step 6: Brush the top crust with egg wash and bake for 30 minutes or until light gold in color. Dust with caster sugar and cut into squares when cool.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (59 g)
- Calories 161.2
- Total Fat - 10.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.7 g
- Cholesterol - 37.9 mg
- Sodium - 101.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 15.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1 g
- Sugars - 6.9 g
- Protein - 1.7 g
- Calcium - 12.8 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 9.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg