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.