Category
Dessert
Serves
2
Prep
N/A
Cook
15-20 mins
Ingredients
250g butter2 teaspoons of Jasmine tea leaves - rub between your fingers to break the leaves up a bit225g plain flour4 level tablespoons rice flour100g golden caster sugarExtra golden sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to gas mark 5/190°C
- Melt the butter in a saucepan with the jasmine tea leaves and heat through for a minute or so, then set aside to infuse for 10 minutes
- Strain the butter through a sieve into a mixing bowl, then take 1/2 teaspoon of the tea leaves and add back into the butter - place in the fridge to set
- Sieve the flour into a mixing bowl, add the sugar and then work in the cooled butter with your fingertips. Knead well and then roll into a sausage. Wrap in cling film and put into the fridge until firm
- Unwrap and slice into 1/2 inch thick discs. Place them cut side up on some greaseproof lined baking sheets
- Sprinkle with a little more golden caster sugar and bake in the oven for about 15-20 minutes until a pale golden brown
- Leave on the baking sheet for a few minutes to firm up and then place on a cake rack to cool, before serving with hot tea and gossip!
