Napolitaine

Name: Napolitaine
Prep time: 22 min
Cook time: 23 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Mauritian
Ingredients: 300 g Plain flour; 200 g Cold butter, cubed; 100 g Icing sugar; 1 Egg yolk; 200 g Strawberry or apricot jam; few drops Pink food colouring; 1 tsp Lemon juice

Two melt-in-the-mouth shortbread rounds sandwiched with jam and topped with pink icing.

45 minMakes 124 items at TheShop.mu

Ingredients

Plain flourTheShop.mu
300 g
Cold butter, cubedTheShop.mu
200 g
Icing sugarTheShop.mu
100 g
Egg yolk
1
Strawberry or apricot jamTheShop.mu
200 g
Pink food colouring
few drops
Lemon juice
1 tsp

👨‍🍳How to cook

1
Rub butter into flour, add icing sugar and yolk. Bring together — don't overwork. Chill 30 minutes.
2
Roll to 5 mm thick, cut into 5 cm rounds (need pairs).
3
Bake at 160 °C for 12–14 minutes until pale. Cool completely.
4
Sandwich pairs with jam.
5
Make icing: 200 g icing sugar + lemon juice + drops of pink colouring + a little water. Spread on top.
6
Let icing set before serving.

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