Nepitelle

What you’ll need

Ingredients

• 3¼ cups plain flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ cup lard or butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 5¼ oz dried figs, chopped
• 3½ oz walnuts, chopped
• ½ cup raisins
• 2⅛ oz dark chocolate, chopped
• Zest of 1 orange
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 3 tbsp vino cotto or grape must syrup

At the stove

Instructions

1. 1

   Rub the fat into the flour with the sugar and baking powder, then bring together with the eggs. Rest the pastry 30 minutes.

2. 2

   Mix the figs, walnuts, raisins, chocolate, zest, cinnamon and vino cotto into a thick filling.

3. 3

   Roll the pastry to ⅛ inch and cut discs about 3½ inches across.

4. 4

   Spoon filling onto each, fold over and seal the edges well.

5. 5

   Bake at 355°F for 20–25 minutes until pale gold.

6. 6

   Cool and dust with sugar.