ZESPRI® GOLD Kiwifruit Crostata

Directions

Pastry
1. Place flour, icing sugar, butter and salt in a food processor. Process until mixture resembles breadcrumbs
2. Add water and process again until it comes together. Do not over mix
3. Remove from food processor, shape into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap
4. Refrigerate for 1 hour
Note: you may substitute this recipe for sweet short crust pastry sheets

Filling
1. Preheat oven to 180°C
2. Roast macadamia nuts by placing on a baking tray lined with baking paper and drizzle with honey. Bake for about 10 minutes or until their colour turns golden, turn once. Allow to cool and chop or process until coarsely ground
3. Roll out pastry to a width of 30 cm in a circular shape, place on baking tray lined with baking paper
4. Combine ¼ cup of demerara sugar, sifted flour and ground honey roasted macadamia nuts
5. Spoon approximately ⅔^rds of macadamia nut mix onto pastry, leaving 4 cm clear around the edges
6. Lay the ZESPRI® GOLD Kiwifruit slices over top of the macadamia nut mix
7. Fold up the clear area of pastry, providing a bowl like edge
8. Combine the egg and cream and brush over the pastry. Sprinkle the remaining ⅓^rd of the macadamia nut mix over the ZESPRI® GOLD Kiwifruit slices and pastry
9. Bake for approximately 45 minutes, or until pastry is a golden brown and the ZESPRI® GOLD Kiwifruit is starting to caramelize
10. Serve warm with crème fraiche

Serves

10 (171 g per serve)

Preparation Time

20 minutes

Cooking Time

45 minutes

Nutritional Analyis Per Serving

Energy	1724 kJ
Protein	6 g
Carbohydrate	47 g
Fibre	4 g
Fat	22 g
Saturated Fat	10 g
Cholesterol	59 mg
Sodium	17 mg