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    Rose and dark chocolate shortbread

    Shortbread is brilliantly adaptable – you can add so many different flavours to it and create something new. Here, I’ve included rose and given the biscuits a chocolate coating, a combination that works beautifully.

    • Preparation time: 25 minutes plus chilling and cooling
    • Cooking time: 30 minutes
    • Total time: 55 minutes, plus chilling and cooling

    Makes: 20

    Ingredients

    200g unsalted butter, at room temperature

    100g caster sugar

    1 lemon, zest

    ½-1 tsp rose water (rose water can vary in intensity, so add just a little at a time)

    1 tsp vanilla extract

    300g plain flour

    2 tbsp Waitrose Cooks’ Ingredients dried rose petals, plus extra to decorate

    200g dark chocolate

    Method

    1. Put the butter, sugar, lemon zest, rose water (to taste) and vanilla in a large bowl and, using an electric mixer, beat together for about 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Scrape the bowl down and add the flour, a pinch of salt and the rose petals, mixing together briefly until it comes together as a dough. Tip the dough onto the work surface and bring together into a ball. Flatten with your hands, then roll out to a 25cm square; place on a baking tray and chill until firm – about 30 minutes.
    2. Preheat the oven to 170˚C, gas mark 3; line 2 baking trays with parchment. Halve the dough, then cut into 2.5cm-thick fingers and pierce all over with a fork.
    3. Put the biscuits on the prepared baking trays and bake for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
    4. Put the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and microwave in 30 second bursts until about ¾ of the chocolate has melted. Mix vigorously with a spatula until fully melted (this is a quick method of tempering the chocolate). Dip the shortbread halfway into the chocolate, allow the excess to drip off, then lay on a clean sheet of parchment to set, decorating with a few extra rose petals. Once the chocolate has set, you can store the shortbread in an airtight container for up to 4 days.

     

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