Fig Tartlets Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 fresh figs
• 1 sheet (approx 10in/25cm square) store-bought frozen puff pastry (defrosted but chilled)
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (melted)
• 2 teaspoons superfine (castor) sugar
• 4 teaspoons ground almonds
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons honey
• vanilla ice cream or cream (to serve)

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 400ºF/200ºC. Line a baking sheet with non stick (parchment) baking paper.

2. 2

   Wash figs, cut off stem and slice each fig lengthwise into 6 slices

3. 3

   Cut 5in/13cm circles out of the puff pastry. Mark (but don't cut all the way through) a 4in/10cm circle within each. (Use a small saucer or little pie pan as a guide to cut pastry rounds - measurement doesn't have to be exact, just what you can fit on the puff pastry sheet.)

4. 4

   Brush melted butter over each circle of pastry.

5. 5

   Within the inner circle, sprinkle and spread 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1 teaspoon ground almonds onto each pastry round. Then arrange fig slices overlapping on the pastry, keeping with the inner circle.

6. 6

   Brush fig slices with any remaining butter, sprinkle with cinnamon and drizzle half of the honey over figs.

7. 7

   Bake for 15-18 minutes until pastry it puffed and browned and figs are softened

8. 8

   Drizzle with remaining honey. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or cream.