In South Africa it is a traditional favourite. You must have this at hand, as it is easy and quick and a delight, served as is or with ice cream or custard. You can use any other fruit or Apricot Jam, (adjust the sauce by adding water) this recipe has stood my personal test of time.
Roly-Poly Dessert
A traditional South African favourite, for those cold and winter days.
Ingredients
- 2 385g Pie Appels in fruit juice or fruit of choice (e.g., pears in juice), drained and sliced (reserve juice)
- 500ml cake wheat flour about 2 cups
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 large eggs beaten just before using
- 125g butter cold
- 1 heaped tsp cornflour Mazeina
- 1 tsp vanilla essence.
- milk as needed to form soft dough
Sauce:
- fruit juice from the cans
- 1 tbsp cornflour Mazeina
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350℉/180℃
Grease a suitable oven dish of your choice
- Prepare the Dough:
- Sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
- Rub the butter in the flour until it resembles fine crumbs.
- Add the beaten eggs and a little milk (spoon by spoon), mixing with your fingers until a soft dough forms.
- Roll the dough out thinly on a floured surface.Spread the sliced fruit evenly over the dough.
- Roll up the dough from the long side to form a log, keeping the fruit inside. Slice the roll into pieces about 2½ cm thick and place them in the prepared dish.
Prepare the sauce:
- In a saucepan, heat the reserved fruit juice with the butter. Stir in the cornflour and vanilla essence until smooth.
- Pour the sauce evenly over the Roly-Poly pieces using the back of a spoon.
- Bake:
- Place in the oven for 35 – 40 minutes, until golden and cooked through.