Danish pastries - recipe

Ingredients

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1
Place the flour, 50g of the butter, yeast, salt, sugar, eggs and water into a bowl mix into a smooth dough, rest in the fridge 10 minutes.

For this step you'll need:
- 500g Very strong white bread flour
- 50g Butter (unsalted) cubed
- 1tsp Salt
- 1tsp Unrefined golden granulated sugar
- 2 Egg(s) (free range) beaten
- 1 tbsp Warm water
2
Roll the dough into a rectangle and dot with the remaining 250g butter, fold over 3 times, seal edges.

For this step you'll need:
- 250g Butter (unsalted) cubed
3

Roll and fold 3 more times in the same direction.
4
Roll into one large rectangle, then cut out squares, fill with jam and seal. Preheat the oven to 220°C (200°C fan, gas mark 7).

For this step you'll need:
- Blackberry jam to fill
5

Place onto a greased baking tray prove until double in size. Bake for 15 minutes.
6
Cool then decorate with icing, nuts and cherries.

For this step you'll need:
- 125g Icing sugar
- 1 tbsp Warm water
- 25g Pecan nuts chopped
- Glace cherries

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