Elephant Ears

Photo by Simon Lambert

Preparation time - 10 minutes

Cooking time - 20 minutes

Skill - easy

Makes 20 

Ingredients

• 1 sheet of Heritage flaky pastry, thawed

• Sugar 

Method

1. Lightly dust your workbench with flour.

2. Place the sheet of pastry on your workbench, remove the plastic.

3. Generously coat the pastry sheet with sugar.

4. Roll left and right edges of the pastry to meet in the middle. The two rolls should meet evenly in the middle.  Gently press together.

5. Chill in the fridge for 10 minutes.

6. Line a baking tray with baking paper

7. Cut the pastry into about 20 slices.

8. Place the slices cut side down onto the baking paper, if they unravel, re-mold gently. Allow a space between each as they will puff up.

9. Bake for 10 minutes, remove from the oven and carefully turn the elephant ears to caramelise the other side. Return to the oven and continue cooking for a further 10 minutes or until golden.

10. Cool completely before enjoying

Recipe by Alison Lambert