Served for breakfast or as afternoon snacks the Spanish love these palmeras, sweet and flaky scroll-like pastries, dipping them in hot chocolate or milky coffee. With just a bit of puff pastry and a nice chocolate filling, they are easy to prepare for a party, brunch or an afternoon snack.
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins
Ingredients
- 1 puff pastry sheet 250g
- 1 chocolate bar 100g
- 20g hazelnuts
- 2tbsp brown sugar
Method
- Preheat your oven to 180C.
- Unroll the pastry sheet on your work surface and then leave whilst you prepare your chocolate filling.
- Using a mortar and pestle or handheld blender crush and crumb your hazelnuts and then set to one side.
- Using a very low heat, melt the chocolate in a saucepan, stirring as you do to avoid burning.
- Once melted, spread the chocolate over your pastry sheet and then scatter the crumbed hazelnuts.
- Now take your rectangular sheet of pastry and with one of the short ends facing you, roll one long side of the pastry like a Swiss roll from one side to the middle. Then do the same with the other side, rolling to the middle so that both rolls meet and you have two tight rolls that sit next to each other.
- Cover with cling film and leave in the freezer for 1 hour. This will help to harden the pastry, making it easier to cut.
- Take from the freezer and then remove the cling film and cut your pastry into 1cm thick slices.
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper and assemble your palmeras on it. Sprinkle them with some sugar and then cook in your pre-heated oven for about 10 minutes, or until golden. Do keep an eye on them though as they can brown very quickly.
Recipe by kind permission of The Foodies Larder
The Foodies Larder is an artisan Spanish Food Hamper business. Based in Andalusia in Spain, each month they put together a curated selection of seasonal food and ingredients sourced from artisan producers around the country for their monthly hampers. A Foodies Hamper subscription provides a steady supply of delicious natural Spanish produce. Subscribers receive a fresh selection of gourmet products every month – each different from the last, and each based on the season. With each months hamper they also provide a menu card with with recipes that show customers how to create the best possible traditional Spanish dishes with each month’s ingredients.