Mendiant turnovers
If you liked the chocolate mendiants (little discs topped with dried fruit and nuts), give these a try… They’re better suited to teatime ^^.
Preparation
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Step 1
Wash an organic orange, take off its zest and chop it very finely.
In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, the baking powder, the zest and the sugar. Add the soft butter in small pieces and keep mixing until you have a dough that looks like sand.
Work in the eggs and the crème fraîche, mix quickly and form a ball.
Rest it in the fridge for an hour.
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Step 2
Toast the hazelnuts in a dry pan and rub off their skins (it’s fairly easy once they’re toasted).
Roll out the dough on a floured worktop and, with a small pastry cutter or a cup, cut out rounds.
With the offcuts, form a ball again, re-roll it and cut more rounds, and so on until you’ve no dough left.
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Step 3
On one half of each round, place the dried fruit and nuts.
Fold over without sealing the edges.
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
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Step 4
Place the mendiants on a sheet of baking parchment or a silicone sheet.
With a brush, glaze the mendiants with a little sweetened milk.
Bake for 18 minutes.
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