Ingredients serve 4

500 puff pastry

1 medium egg seperated

40gr caster sugar

1 medium vanilla extract

50gr pine nuts

4 fresh apricots , halved stoned and slices

icing sugar for dusting

Method

Preheat the oven to 190/c 5

Roll out half the pastry on a lightly flavoured surface and cut out a 24cm disc and place in a 24cm strips cut the rest of the pastry into 3strips flatten with a rolling pin , brush with cold water and stick flat to the pastry disc . prick the pastry base and cook for 15 minutes . Whisk the egg yolk , sugar and vanilla extract until stiff , then fold into the pastry scatter over the apricots and bake for 35minutes buntil crisp and golden , dust with icing sugar and serve .

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