Fruit Slice Slab Aka Flea Cemetery

A delicious treat made with two layers of buttery pastry, filled with moist spiced currants. Can be served warm out of the oven or cold. This can be found in most bakers in scotland. The ingredients for the filling are all heaped tsp.

Steps

Make the pastry by sifting flour and salt into a large mixing bowl.

Add butter and shortening / margarine and using your finger.

This may take a little while as this makes a lot of pastry , stick in there and it will all come together.

Stir in the sugar then add the beaten egg.

Mix together until the ingredients bind together making a soft dough.

Knead the dough lightly till smooth then wrap in cling and chill for 30 minutes in the fridge.

Meanwhile make the filling by placing currants , mixed spice and sugar in a large pan and cover with just enough cold water to cover the currants and no more.

Bring this to the boil and simmer gently for no more than 5 minutes.

Remove the pan from the heat and gradually add the custard powder paste stirring until the fruit mixture has thickened slightly , it will thicken even more when cold.

Preheat your oven to gas mark 3 / 170oc.

Grease a 18cm x 30cm swiss roll tin and line with non-stick baking paper , although mine was ok without it',.

Ingredients

plain flour, salt, margarine, butter, caster sugar, egg, currants, ground mixed spice, granulated sugar, custard powder