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For the pastry

For the filling

Nutrition: per fig roll

  • kcal202
  • fat9g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs26g
  • sugars16g
  • fibre2g
  • protein2g
  • salt0.1g
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Method

  • step 1

    Tip the flours, sugar, spice, a pinch of salt and the butter into a food processor and pulse until it has the texture of breadcrumbs. Add the egg yolk and pulse again until you have a pastry. Wrap in cling film and leave to chill for 1 hr.

  • step 2

    While the pastry is chilling, tip the figs, orange zest and juice and the sugar into a saucepan and just cover with water. Bring to a simmer and cook gently for about 10 mins or until sticky like a chutney. Leave to cool slightly, then blitz in a food processor. Leave the mixture to cool completely, then fold through the toffees and set aside.

  • step 3

    Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a rectangle the same size as an A4 piece of paper. Cut lengthways down the middle to give you 2 long pastry strips. Spoon half the filling down 1 side of each pastry strip, leaving a slight border at the edge. Brush the edges with water and fold the pastry over to seal – like making a sausage roll. Make a fork print along the top. Place the rolls seal-side down on a baking tray and bake for 20 mins until brown. Remove from the oven and leave to cool, then cut the rolls into 8 pieces. Will keep in a biscuit tin for up to 1 week.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2015

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A star rating of 3.9 out of 5.11 ratings

madsboutique65543

question

Can you use fresh figs? Please

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. We haven't tried this with fresh figs. To make sure they don't turn the pastry soggy you'll need to cook them until really thick and jammy, and any excess liquid has evaporated. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

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tanscott

question

Can I make this with ready-made pastry, and if so what type and how much would I need? Thanks.

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goodfoodteam

Hello, thank you for your question. 450g of sweet shortcrust pastry would be the closest ready-made pastry. However it will be quite a different texture and flavour to the original pastry recipe. Hope that helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team

k_bryce

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

I really struggled with the pastry and deleted this recipe from my favourites because I found it so difficult to make. Two days later they are so yummy that I've added the recipe back to my favourites and I'll try and learn what to do to make the pastry less short

izmills

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Amazing! Not sure why others found the pastry crumbly or difficult, there is a high proportion of butter so it binds easily with one egg yolk. Really easy to make and the taste is fabulous

amanda_r-2

A star rating of 1 out of 5.

Disastrous. Worst Good Food recipe I've tried. Dough impossible to handle. Complete waste of time.

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