'Panforte' pies - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 140g mixed shelled and blanched nuts such as pistachios, hazelnuts, almonds and cashews
• 375g pack ready-made sweet shortcrust pastry
• plain flour, for dusting
• 50g butter
• 50g dark brown muscovado sugar
• 3 tbsp dark maple syrup
• 50g good-quality chocolate (70% cocoa), chopped
• 1 egg, beaten
• zest ½ orange
• 50g soft dried figs, chopped to a paste in a food processor
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 150ml whipping cream
• 1 tbsp icing sugar, plus extra to dust
• 1 tbsp Cointreau or other Christmassy booze