A sweet pastry with a twist. Traditionally served with Persian Tea. This recipe is an easy recipe using frozen puff pastry.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Persian
Keyword almonds
Prep Time 30minutes
Cook Time 15minutes
Total Time 45minutes
Servings 32pieces
Calories 1495kcal
Ingredients
2sheets of Puff Pastry
50gSlivered Almonds
2tspcinnamon
2tspbrown sugar
1egg
Icing sugar for dusting
Instructions
Lay pastry sheets on a flat surface and separate while still frozen with a sharp knife and leave to defrost.
Preheat oven to 180deg.
Cut each sheet in half, and then each half into 8 strips.
In a small bowl, mix egg, brown sugar and cinnamon.
Using a pastry brush, brush the egg mixture over the pastry.
Place each strip onto a greased pastry sheet, twisting each strip as placing onto the tray.
Brush with remaining egg mixture and sprinkle Almond slivers on each pastry.
Bake in a preheated oven for about 20 minutes till golden brown.
When cooked remove from the oven and carefully place in a large dish, sprinkle icing sugar over and gently toss till coated with a dusting of icing sugar.
Notes
These delicate pastries do not keep long, and are best eaten on the day of baking. Frozen puff pastry makes these a simple and quick sweet to prepare.