Italian Fruit Pastry

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Experience the simplicity and elegance of Italian cooking with this lovely dessert recipe, Italian fruit pastry. A fruit flavoured chocolate cake recipe, Italian fruit pastry is best enjoyed as a tea cake.

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Italian Fruit Pastry recipe - How to make Italian Fruit Pastry

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Preparation Time: 10 to 15 minuts Cooking Time: 15 to 20 minuts Total Time: 0 mins 38
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Ingredients

for the filling:
2 ozs.each of dried apricots (kummani / jardalu) , pears and dried figs (anjeer)
1 oz cherries
1 oz blanched and chopped almonds (badam)
3/4 cup honey
a pinch of cardamom (elaichi) powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon (dalchini) powder

for the dough:
1 3/4 cups plain flour (maida)
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp soda bi- carbonate
1/2 can of condensed milk
1 tbsp almond essence
1/2 cup chilled butter , cut into cubes

Method

Make filling:finely chop dride fruits. mix with cardamom & almond.
Soak in honey ,cover & set aside.
Make dough:mix flour,sugar& salt.sift mixture over surface.
Make well in center.
Combaine baking soda,soda bi-carbonate,condensed milk & extreat.
Pour mixture into well.
Place butter cubes around flour.
Cut in butter in to dry ingredients until mixture resembles small peas.
Quickly knead dough with hands.
Roll out dough about 1/16"thick.using a 2"diameter biscuit cutter, cut out circles.
Cut xs in center of half of circles;put 1 t.filling on other half.
Press halves together.
Place the filled pestries on lined cookie sheets, & bake in prehrated 350*oven for 12-15 minutes.