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Spekulatius whirls

Course Cookies, Desserts
Cuisine German
Servings 30 buiscuits

Ingredients

  • 4 mandarin oranges juicy
  • 50g jam sugar 3:1
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 150g butter soft
  • 200g icing sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tbs spekulatius spices
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 100g cream
  • 350g all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbs icing mixed with 2 tbsp spekulatius spices for dusting

spekulatius spices

  • 1 tbs cacao
  • 1 tbs anise powder
  • 1/2 tsp coriander or cilantro
  • 1/2 tsp cloves ground
  • 1/2 tsp cardamom
  • 1 to 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

  • Grate the zest of one of the mandarin oranges. Squeeze the juice from all 4 mandarin oranges. Measure 125 ml of the juice into a pan with the zest, jam sugar and lemon juice. Bring to a rolling boil and boil for 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour the jelly into a bowl or jam jar and cool in the fridge.
  • Cream the butter and icing sugar. Beat in the egg yolk, spekulatius spices and salt. Heat the cream to hand temperature and mix gradually into the buttercream. Mix in the flour.
  • Heat the oven to 200 °C. Fill the biscuit dough into a piping bag with a small round nozzle and pipe 50 to 60 spirals onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Bake in the oven for 15 mins or until golden. Remove from the oven and cool on wire racks.
  • Spread half of the biscuits with a little mandarin jelly and sandwich with a second biscuit. Dust lightly with the spiced icing sugar.

Notes

Spekulatius whirls