Polish Easter Fig and Lemon {Mazurek}

Anna

9 years ago

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Polish Easter Fig and Lemon {Mazurek}

Mazurek [mah-zoo-rehk] is a traditional Easter dessert made of shortbread crust, and a decorative topping of choice. Chocolate, caramel, dried fruit and nuts are often a choice. I wanted to make something fruity and fresh, so I’ve come up with this recipe for a fig-lemon version.

Polish Easter Fig and Lemon {Mazurek}

Ingredients

Crust:
2 ½ cups of flour
1 eggs
2 yolks
½ cup of powdered sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
1 tsp of baking powder
14 tbs of cold butter
Topping:
1 ½ cups of fig jam
Juice of 1 lemon
Zest of 1 lemon
½ - ⅔ cup of chopped almonds

Instructions

Place all ingredients in a bowl and quickly combine to form a crust. Make sure butter is cold, if you see chunks of butter in the dough, leave it. It will just make the crust flaky. Wrap in plastic and place in the fridge for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Line your bake pan with parchment paper*. I used two oval pans, you can use any shape, it doesn’t matter what size. This recipe makes about a 9x11 size pan worth.
Roll out the dough to about ¼ inch thickness. Place in baking pan and with a fork go around the edges to create a decorative edge. Poke the dough with a fork.
Bake for 30-35 minutes, until golden brown. Take out and cool. Careful when handling the crust. It’s very fragile.
To make the topping, mix jam with lemon juice and lemon zest. Top the crust with a layer of jam mixture and top with almonds.

Notes

*I forgot to line the pan with parchment paper and learned my lesson. It was a lot harder to remove from the pan after baking.

It’s best to let the cake rest of a day or two, the crust soaks up the flavors of the topping and changes the consistency to crumbly. Easily make this a day or two ahead of the day of serving and keep on the countertop until read to serve.

Smacznego!!

Anna

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