Christmas buccellatti

 During the Christmas period the houses are filled with colorful and bright decorations, but above all with delicacies !

Buccellati Christmas sweets with figs are typical sweets of the Sicilian tradition. They are filled with simple and tasty jam and dried fruit filling.

A short pastry shell that contains a fruity filling made with figs. These cookies from this recipe are sweets that are prepared during the holidays and are also perfect as a gift in a Christmas basket full of delicacies.

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: 20  minutes

Serves ; 8

For the stuffing

5 Dried figs or dates

50 grams of shelled walnuts

50 grams of almonds

40 grams of chocolate bar

30 g Raisins

1 teaspoon cocoa powder

60 grams of orange marmalade 

60 grams of honey or melted sugar

50 grams of granulated sugar

For the shortcrust pastry

250 gr of flour

1 egg

60 gr of granulated sugar

70 gr of cane sugar

80 gr of  butter 

1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

1 pinch of baking powder

icing sugar to dust

Preparation 

To prepare these delicious sweets, you start by putting the raisins and dried figs in a bowl with water. In the meantime, prepare the shortcrust pastry by putting all the ingredients in a bowl of a  mixer and knead until you get a smooth and compact dough that will be placed in the refrigerator covered with plastic wrap for at least 30 minutes.

Once the raisins and figs are ready, it will take about 10-15 minutes, take them out of the water, dry them and put them in a large bowl with the chopped almonds and walnuts. The chopped chocolate is also added to the bowl, mixed and then added, cocoa, honey and jam only at the end. finally, it must be mixed well all the ingredients.

At this point the shortcrust pastry has cooled down and when it is rolled out, obtaining a 3 mm rectangle. It is well stuffed with the filling and then rolled up to obtain a loaf that will then close at the end. At this point cut into slices of 3 cm and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and cook for 20 minutes at 180 ° C.

 Once cooked, they are dusted with powdered sugar .