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    Sour cherry and coconut shortbread

    You can’t beat a crisp, buttery shortbread. Here it’s given a modern twist with sour cherries, chocolate and toasted coconut.

    • Preparation time: 25 minutes, plus chilling
    • Cooking time: 25 minutes
    • Total time: 50 minutes, plus chilling

    Makes: 16

    Ingredients

    60g sour cherries
    125g salted butter, at room temperature
    60g rice flour
    120g plain flour
    60g golden caster sugar
    50g desiccated coconut
    100g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), melted

    Method

    1 Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Put the cherries in a food processor and whizz for 5-10 seconds until roughly chopped. Add the butter, flours and sugar, and whizz until the mixture just comes together.

    2. Roll out to a 21cm square and trim the sides to make a 20cm straight-sided square. Cut into 5cm x 5cm squares to produce 16 biscuits. Space apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet and chill for 20 minutes.

    3. Bake for 20 minutes or until light golden. Cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Meanwhile, put the coconut on a baking tray and bake for 3-4 minutes until toasted, tossing halfway if needed. Tip the coconut into a small bowl.

    4. When the shortbread is cool, dunk 1⁄2 of each biscuit in the chocolate, then the coconut. Leave to set before serving.

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