I’m celebrating this week, as I’ve had my first recipe submission from a customer…come on the rest of you..SHARE your secrets! I haven’t yet tried this myself but it sounds intriguing..

Ingredients: Tin of prunes (or 12 dried soaked overnight and stewed until tender), 12 whole blanched almonds, 8oz/227g plain flour, 1 egg yolk, 10z sugar, pinch of salt, a little white wine or cider to mix paste. To garnish: 2oz caster sugar and grated plain chocolate.

Pop an almond in the centre of each prune, replacing the stone if it’s still in. Mix a pastry paste with the flour, salt, egg yolk, sugar and wine. Roll out the pastry and cut into 12 rounds, enough to wrap each prune. Once wrapped, bake in a moderate oven on a well buttered baking tray for about 30 minutes, turning half way through. Roll in the sugar and chocolate to finish. Sounds great!