Almond and strawberry m'hencha recipe | Sainsbury`s Magazine

Almond and strawberry m'hencha recipe | Sainsbury`s Magazine

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Usually made with just nuts, this version of the North African m'hencha (meaning serpentine) includes juicy pops of gently roasted strawberries, rose water and

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Ingredients

  • 1 x 270g pack filo pastry
  • 85g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra to grease
  • 200g fresh strawberries, hulled and roughly chopped
  • 200g icing sugar
  • 40g flaked almonds, plus extra to garnish
  • 230g soft unsalted butter
  • 3 medium eggs, beaten
  • 250g ground almonds
  • ½ tsp fine sea salt
  • 2 tsp rose water (we used KTC rose water)
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • grated zest of 1 orange
  • 40g rose Turkish delight*, cut into small pieces (optional)
  • 150g mascarpone
  • 30g icing sugar, plus extra to dust
  • 2 tsp rose water
  • a handful of rose petals from a red or pink unsprayed rose
  • 20g rose Turkish delight*, cut into small pieces (optional)

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