Curd Cheese Pastries
Lozenges
Serves 6
225g (8oz) Wholemeal Shortcrust Pastry
225g (8 oz) Curd Cheese
25g (1oz) Stem or Crystallised Ginger or Plump Raisins
15g (½oz) Pine Nuts
Sugar to taste
Lemon Juice to taste
Preheat oven to 190°C: 375°F: Gas 5.
Roll out the pastry thinly and cut it into small rectangles, approximately 15x8 cm (6x3 inches).
Bake them for ten minutes or until crisp and brown.
Remove them and cool on a rack.
Mix the curd cheese with the very finely chopped ginger or raisins, the toasted and chopped pine nuts
and the sugar and lemon to taste.
Set aside.
When you are ready to serve, sandwich together two pieces of pastry with the cheese mixture.
They can be used as a dessert or as a snack.
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