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Date & Almond filled Shortbread

Recipe submitted by jackicam

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I tasted something like these little biscuits some years ago and have been wanting to make them for ages - so after a few weeks of working on the recipe I think I fianlly got it! These are a wonderful mouthful of an almond shortbread with a rich date and roasted almond filling. Great as a special treat with coffee

Serves 60

Ingredients

1kg pack of date paste
40g melted butter
3 tspn cinnamon
125g almond slivers - roasted and chopped
540g plain flour
60g almond meal
300g unsalted butter- cold and cubed
60g icing sugar
50ml oil
90g milk
Icing sugar to dust

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Method

Sift flour, almond meal, cold unsalted butter and icing sugar into the bowl of a food processor.
Pulse til it resembles breadcrumbs.
Add the oil and milk.
Process til it comes together into a ball
Divide into 2 portions and wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 30 mins.
Put date paste into a bowl with the melted butter, cinnamon and roasted chopped almonds and mix well.
Roll the pastry portions on a floured piece of baking paper to .5 cm thick.
Using a 7cm scalloped edge cookie cutter, cut rounds til all the dough is used up.
Place a small teaspoonful of the date mixture down the centre of each round and roll the 2 sides to overlap slightly at the top.
Bake in a 160 C oven for 20 mins til lightly browned
Dust with icing sugar when cooled

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Notes & Tips

Date paste can be bought in Kilo packs from Middle Eastern grocers. You can fill a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2'' plain nozzle with the date mix to make it easier to use because it's quite sticky.

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Preparation Time: 50M

Cooking Time: 20M

What do you think?

Ramz August 2010

yuuum!! was looking for this recipe everywhere :) thx

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jackicam December 2009

I wouldn't know cause they haven't lasted long enough for me to find out. I guess kept in an air tight container, they should last a week or so...

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VampVikki December 2009

Yum Jac! Im going to make those next week. Do they keep well?

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hungry girl November 2009

These look beautiful Jacki ... and I adore dates ... I think they may make it into my Christmas gift bags!!

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