225g/8oz slightly-salted butterstraight from the fridge, cut into 1½cm cubes
4tbscold water
1tbslemon juice
for the filling
15g/½oz butter
100g/3½oz currants
50g/1¾oz golden caster sugar
1tspground cinnamon
1tspground nutmeg
to finish
drop of milk to brush the pastry
1egg whitebeaten to glaze
10ggranulated sugar
Instructions
Put the flour and 225g/8oz slightly-salted butter into a food processor and pulse about half a dozen times. Just enough to combine and not cream the butter completely
Empty mixture out into a large mixing bowl, make a well in the centre and add the cold water & lemon juice
With your fingers, bring the mixture together just enough to form a loose ball of dough
Empty mixture out on to a lightly floured surface and roll the dough out into a rectangular shape
Fold the dough into thirds along the long end and roll out into a rectangle again
Repeat the last step another two times before wrapping in cling film (Saran wrap) and putting it into the fridge for about an hour
In a medium-sized saucepan, melt the 15g/½oz butter and remove from the heat
Add the currants, caster sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and combine well
Preheat the oven to 220ºC/425ºF/Gas mark 7
When the dough has cooled, remove from the fridge and roll out again to about a 3mm/?in thickness
Using a 10-12cm/4-4¾in-diameter cookie cutter ( I didn't have one big enough so used a small glass bowl ) cut out 12-15 rounds
With a pastry brush, one at a time, brush the circumference of each round with milk, put a teaspoonful of the currant mixture in the centre and carefully fold up the pastry to the centre
Flip over and gently flatten with a rolling pin until you just about see the currants through the pastry