Sweet and tasty, the recipe for fig jam cookies will captivate adults and children.
Of typical Neapolitan sweets there are several really exquisite and inviting and each of them is loved all over the world. Simple to prepare and very good, i fig jam cookies they are the classic dessert from enjoy accompanied by a good coffee, maybe in the afternoon.
For example, spending the day wandering through the historic alleys of the Neapolitan city, it will be delicious to taste this biscuit with simplicity. Extremely soft, it is made very sweet by the presence of the jam, which will make it even more delicious if it is homemade.
Here is our recipe.
Ingredients
- ½ kg classic shortcrust pastry
- 200 gr fig jam
- 50 gr shelled walnuts
- 100 gr powdered sugar
- the peel of half a lemon
Prepare the pasta
Roll out the pastry on a pastry board to get one ½ centimeter thickness. Derived of the strips of about 20 centimeters and on each strip spread a good amount of fig jam. Sprinkle everything with sugar and veil and add the jam on them chopped walnuts.
Grate also the rind of half a lemon that will give freshness and a Mediterranean touch to pastarelle.
Bake the pastarelle
Close the strip of pastry folding it back on itself to book and place it on a baking sheet covered with paper. Brush it with a little water and bake it in 170 ° for 10-15 minutes or until the biscottone is completely golden. When the pastry is almost cooked, remove the roll from the oven. Cut it transversely, thus obtaining the fig marmalade pastries and bake it again in the oven off, but warm. This process will make them dry and will make them really crisp.
