Hazelnut thins with crushed raspberries and strawberries recipe

Hazelnut thins with crushed raspberries and strawberries recipe

An elegant dessert, perfect for treating a loved one. Plus it's not too heavy on the waistline, either. 

Makes four hearts.

Ingredients

  • 50 g butter
  • 100 g plain flour
  • 25 g caster sugar
  • 25 g chopped hazelnuts
  • 150 g raspberries
  • 150 g strawberries
  • 4 tbsp low fat fromage frais
  • 1 cup icing sugar to dust
  • 1.8 oz butter
  • 3.5 oz plain flour
  • 0.9 oz caster sugar
  • 0.9 oz chopped hazelnuts
  • 5.3 oz raspberries
  • 5.3 oz strawberries
  • 4 tbsp low fat fromage frais
  • 1 cup icing sugar to dust
  • 1.8 oz butter
  • 3.5 oz plain flour
  • 0.9 oz caster sugar
  • 0.9 oz chopped hazelnuts
  • 5.3 oz raspberries
  • 5.3 oz strawberries
  • 4 tbsp low fat fromage frais
  • 1 cup icing sugar to dust

Details

  • Cuisine: English
  • Recipe Type: Dessert
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Preparation Time: 10 mins
  • Cooking Time: 15 mins
  • Serves: 4

Step-by-step

  1. Rub butter into flour, until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add sugar and hazelnuts. Work into a soft paste. Roll out to thickness of 5mm and cut out 8 hearts.
  2. Bake at 180C for 10-12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
  3. Purée ½ the raspberries and strawberries. Sieve the puree.
  4. Lightly crush the rest of the fruit keeping a few whole to decorate.
  5. Take one heart, put 1 spoon of fromage frais on top, then a spoonful of crushed fruit, and finish off with another heart. Put onto a plate, arrange some whole fruit around the heart and sprinkle with icing sugar and drizzle some purée onto the plate.

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