• Vanilla biscuits filled with mascarpone and plum coulis

    Serves: 12
    Cooking Time: 45 mins

    Ingredients

    • PLUM COULIS
    • 2 plums, pitted and halved
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) water
    • 10ml (2 tsp) sugar
    • BISCUITS
    • 120g (1 cup) cake flour
    • 5ml (1 tsp) baking powder
    • 4 large eggs
    • 60ml (¼ cup) castor sugar
    • 50g ground almonds
    • 10ml (2 tsp) vanilla extract
    • 50g butter, melted
    • 125ml (½ cup) mascarpone
    • icing sugar, for dusting

    Instructions

    1

    To make the coulis, put the plums, water and sugar in a blender and purée until smooth. Press througha fine sieve and discard the solids.Refrigerate until needed.

    2

    Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a baking tray with baking paper.

    3

    For the biscuits, sift the flour and baking powder three times into a mixing bowl and set aside.

    4

    Beat the eggs and sugar until light and tripled in volume. Sift the flour again into the egg mixture and gently fold in. Fold in the almonds, vanilla and butter.

    5

    Spoon discs of the mixture onto the prepared baking tray, leaving room for them to spread. Bake until golden,about 8 minutes and leave to cool on a wire rack.

    6

    Place half the biscuits on a work surface and spread with mascarpone and plum coulis. Top with another biscuit to sandwich the filling. Dust with icing sugar and serve.

     

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