Sintra puff pastry pillows

Ingredients

• 500 g chilled puff pastry
• 170 g sugar
• 120 g ground almonds
• 4 egg yolks
• 100 ml water
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• Icing sugar

Step-by-step method

1. Boil sugar and water for 3 minutes, then cool a little.
2. Stir ground almonds, butter and yolks into warm syrup; cook gently into a thick, fully cooked filling.
3. Roll out puff pastry and cut even rectangles; place cooled filling in each centre.
4. Fold and seal into pillow shapes and set on a lined baking tray.
5. Bake at 200°C for 18–25 minutes until puff pastry is fully cooked and golden; dust with icing sugar.