Baked Feijoa Dumplings with Lemon Sauce
2024-06-02- Cuisine: New Zealand
- Course: desserts
- Skill Level: Beginner
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- Yield: 6 dumplings (depending on the number of feijoas and pastry squares)
- Servings: 3
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 25m
- Ready In: 55m
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Baked Feijoa Dumplings with Lemon Sauce is a dessert that combines the unique flavor of feijoas with a flaky pastry crust, creating a sweet and tangy treat.
Each dumpling is made by wrapping a whole ripe feijoa in a square of pastry dough, sprinkled with a touch of sugar, and then baked to golden perfection. The result is a tender fruit encased in a crisp, flaky shell. Served hot with a zesty lemon sauce, these dumplings make for a perfect special occasion or comforting treat. in this article, you’ll learn how to make this.
Ingredients
- For the Dumplings:
- Ripe feijoas
- sugar
- Flaky pastry
- For the Lemon Sauce:
- 3 Tablespoon Cornflour
- 1 Cup Hot water
- 1 Teaspoon Grated lemon rind
- 3 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
- 1 Oz Butter
- ½ Cup Brown sugar
Method
Step 1
Roll pastry ⅛ inch thickness and cut into squares about 4 inches.
Step 2
peel the feijoas and place a whole one in the center of each piece of pastry.
Step 3
Sprinkle with a little sugar and wrap the pastry to encase the fruit. Place on a baking tray and bake at 450 degrees F for 10 minutes, lower the temperature and cook for a further 10 minutes. and serve hot with lemon sauce
Step 4
Sauce: Mix the sugar, cornflour and water together and cook while stirring continually until the sauce is thick and clear. Gradually stir in lemon rind and juice, then the butter. Makes 1 ¼ cups.
Enjoy!!