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Ingredients
Pastry
- 90 g ice cubes
- 180 g unsalted butter, diced (1 cm) then frozen for 30 minutes
- 200 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- 2 Tbsp water
Filling
- 25 g unsalted butter
- 50 g dark brown sugar
- 100 g currants
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 egg white
- 1 Tbsp caster sugar, for sprinkling
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 971 kJ / 232 kcal
- Protein
- 2.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- 23.6 g
- Fat
- 14.4 g
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