Napolitanes
The napolitane- a unique Mauritian sweet treat. Sandwich 2 shortbread biscuits with a jam of your choice and top it off with a colourful sugary icing. This recipe is so easy to make, even the most amateur bakers will get it right.
Recipe Ingredients
- 2 Cups (250g) Plain Flour
- 1 Cup (250g) Unsalted Butter
- Strawberry Jam, to taste
- 1 Cup (110g) Icing Sugar
- 4 Tbsp Milk
- Food colouring, to taste
- Edible Glitter, to taste
Instructions
- 1
Rub 1 cup (250g) unsalted butter into 2 cups (250g) plain flour until combined.
- 2
Mix until a dough forms.
- 3
Chill the dough for 20 minutes in the fridge.
- 4
Roll the dough to 0.5 cm thickness on parchment paper.
- 5
Cut shapes of your choice from the dough.
- 6
Preheat the oven to 160°C and bake the cookies for 7 minutes.
- 7
Spread strawberry jam on half the cooled cookies and sandwich with another cookie.
- 8
Whisk 1 cup (110g) icing sugar with 4 tbsp milk until smooth.
- 9
Add food colouring of your choice and mix.
- 10
Pour the icing over the cookies.
- 11
Allow the icing to set for 1 hour.
- 12
Sprinkle edible glitter on top and spread with a brush.
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Credits: Source: Cuisine Mauritian