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    Pineapple and lime syrup slices with sugared basil leaves

    Serves: 4
    Cooking Time: 20 mins plus extra for the basil leaves

    Ingredients

    • 8 large basil leaves
    • 1 egg white, lightly beaten
    • 30ml castor sugar
    • 1 x 400g puff pastry
    • 8 small pineapple rings
    • 15ml butter, melted
    • juice and zest of 1 lime
    • 100g sugar
    • 15ml water

    Instructions

    1

    Put the basil leaves on a tray and very gently coat them with the egg white. Sprinkle with the castor sugar and leave to dry for about 2 hours.

    2

    Preheat the oven to 180°C. Cut the pastry into 8 x 8cm rounds. Leaving a 1cm rim, pierce the pastry with a fork all around the centre.

    3

    Lay the pineapple rings on the pastry, making sure to leave the rim clear.

    4

    Brush the pineapple with butter and sprinkle with castor sugar.

    5

    Bake until the pastry is golden and the pineapple is caramelised, about 10 minutes.

    6

    Put the lime juice and zest, sugar and water in a pot and let it simmer until a syrup forms.

    7

    Lay the rounds on a serving plate and drizzle the lime syrup over the hot pineapple. Put the sugared basil on top and serve sprinkled with icing sugar.

     

     

     

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