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Walnut 01

Make Walnut 01 at home with Plain White Flour, Unsalted Butter, Lemon Juice, Icing Sugar, and Cold Water Lemon Juice. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Illustrative photo

Ingredients

• 6 oz
• 4 oz
• 1 tsp
• 2 oz
• 1 tbsp
• 4 oz
• 1 tbsp
• 1 tbsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Rub the butter into the flour until you have a sandy texture, sift in the sugar, beat egg, water and lemon juice together, make a well in the pastry mix and add this, forming deftly into a dough.

2. 2

   Leave to rest for half an hour.

3. 3

   Roll out two thirds of the pastry and line a flan ring or pie dish, retaining the other third for a lid.

4. 4

   Stir in the ground almonds and lemon juice, add the chopped walnuts.

5. 5

   Stiffly beat the whites and fold into the nutty mixture.

6. 6

   Fill the flan or pie shell, wet the edges and fit the lid, seal and fork round the edges.

7. 7

   Bake in the centre of a pre-heated oven at gas mark 6, 400 degrees farenheit for 40 minutes.