Cranberry Rolypoly Recipes

Steps:

• To make the filling, warm the cranberries and icing sugar together in a saucepan until the fruits begin to soften. Increase the heat, so the juices boil and become jammy. Pour the mixture into a bowl, then stir in the cranberry sauce or jelly. Leave to cool. Butter and lightly flour a large sheet of greaseproof (about 40 x 30cm), and sit it on a bigger sheet of foil. Put a steamer on to simmer.
• For the dough, mix together the flour, suet, caster sugar and orange zest with a wooden spoon. Stir in some milk until the mixture reaches the consistency of a soft pastry. Gather together into a ball, but don't overwork or it will toughen.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a rectangle about 22cm x 25cm. Spread with the cooled cranberry mix, leaving a 2cm border around the edge. Moisten the border with cold water or milk before rolling into a cylinder. Start by tucking over the border of one of the short ends, then lift as you roll (see step 1, click photo above) so the jam doesn't get squeezed out. With the long join underneath, lay the roly-poly in the centre of the parchment paper. Fold over the long paper and foil edges to seal, leaving enough space above the pudding to allow it to rise. Squeeze the paper ends together tightly to seal them.
• Lay the parcel in the steamer over the simmering water, cover and steam for 1¼-1½ hrs, until firm to the touch. Rest for a min or two before unwrapping, slicing and serving. Vanilla custard is the perfect accompaniment and the roly-poly is best eaten as soon as it is made.

Steps:

• Tip the freeze-dried strawberries into a food processor and whizz to a powder. Transfer to a bowl, then wash the bowl of the food processor.
• Put the butter and flour in the food processor with a good pinch of salt and blend until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the icing sugar and whizz again. In a small bowl, whisk together the vanilla extract, egg yolk and cream, then add to the mixture in the food processor and whizz again until the dough clumps around the blade and most of the small crumbs have been worked into the dough.
• Scoop about half the dough out of the processor (being careful not to cut yourself on the sharp blade) and briefly knead it on a work surface to bring it together. Shape into a puck, then wrap in cling film and chill. Add the strawberry powder and a few drops of food colouring to the remaining dough in the blender, and whizz again until evenly coloured and combined - it should be bright pink (add more colouring if needed). Tip onto the work surface, flatten to roughly the same shape as the other dough, then wrap and chill for 30 mins.
• Remove both pieces of dough from the fridge 10-15 mins before you want to roll them. Dust the work surface with a little flour and unwrap the doughs. Place 1 piece of dough on top of the other, squashing the sides until they are roughly the same shape. Flour your rolling pin, then roll the dough into a rectangle, roughly 25cm x 20cm - this is easiest if you first 'notch' the dough, which means pressing the rolling pin firmly over the surface in one direction to make a long indentation in one direction, then turning the dough 90 degrees and repeating the process.
• From one of the longer sides, roll the dough into a tight coil, as you would a Swiss roll. Wrap the dough in cling film and chill for 1 hr. Or you can freeze it for up to 2 months. About 10 mins before you are ready to bake the biscuits, heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment.
• When the dough is firm, cut off and discard the end pieces, then slice into discs about the thickness of a £1 coin. Lay the biscuit dough out on your baking trays, spaced a little apart, and bake for 15-17 mins, swapping the trays over halfway through cooking, until the biscuits are firm and starting to turn pale golden around the edges. Leave to cool on the trays for 5 mins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Stores in a biscuit tin for 3 days.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening and butter until crumbly. Add sour cream and blend until a ball forms. Roll out on a floured surface into a 15-in. x 10-in. rectangle. Spread with softened butter sprinkle with remaining filling ingredients. Roll up, jelly roll style, starting with the long side. Cut into 12 slices. Place slices, cut side down, in a 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. For topping, combine water, brown sugar and cinnamon in a saucepan. Bring to a boil remove from the heat. Stir in the cream. Carefully pour hot topping over dumplings. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35 minutes or until bubbly. (Center will jiggle when dumplings are hot out of the oven but will set as dumplings stand for a few minutes.) Serve warm.© Copyright Reiman Publications, 1993-1997

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place egg whites in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, line a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan with waxed paper; grease the paper and set aside., Add vanilla, cream of tartar and salt to egg whites; beat on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Fold in flour, about 1/4 cup at a time., Carefully spread into prepared pan. Bake until cake springs back when lightly touched, 15-20 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes. Turn cake onto a kitchen towel dusted with confectioners' sugar. Gently peel off waxed paper. Roll up cake in the towel jelly-roll style, starting with a short side. Cool completely on a wire rack. , For filling, in a large saucepan, combine the cranberries, sugar and 4 Tbsp. water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5-6 minutes or until berries pop. Mash berries; strain, reserving juice and discarding pulp. Return juice to the pan and if desired, add chopped candied orange peel, orange liqueur and orange zest. Combine cornstarch and remaining water until smooth; gradually add to cranberry juice mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Chill., Unroll cake and spread filling to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up again. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving. If desired, top with additional confectioners' sugar, candied orange peel and sugared cranberries. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• For filling:
• Combine rhubarb, sugar, and 1 tablespoon water in medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Cover; cook until rhubarb softens to thick pulp, stirring often, about 8 minutes. Mix in jam; cool. do ahead Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover; chill.
• For dough:
• Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into large bowl. Using large holes on box grater, grate frozen butter into bowl; stir to blend. Cover and freeze at least 15 minutes. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep frozen.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Line large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Add 2/3 cup ice water to flour mixture, tossing until soft dough forms, adding more ice water by tablespoonfuls if dough is stiff. Transfer to lightly floured surface; knead gently 5 or 6 turns (butter should remain in firm pieces). Roll out dough to 12x9-inch rectangle. Spread 6 tablespoons filling over dough, leaving 1-inch plain border on all sides. Starting at 1 long side, roll up jelly-roll style; seal seam. Place seam side down on prepared sheet. Seal ends. Brush glaze over pastry.
• Bake pastry until golden (jam may leak out), about 30 minutes. Cool pastry briefly.
• Cut roly-poly crosswise into 6 to 8 rounds. Serve warm with Vanilla Custard Sauce and remaining filling.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to hot (400 degrees Fahrenheit). Grease and flour a cookie sheet.
• Prepare Cranberry Sauce:.
• Combine cranberries, sugar, orange and cinnamon in saucepan. Bring to boiling. Lower heat; simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 10 - 15 minutes or until berries have popped and mixture is very thick. Cool completely. Remove cinnamon.
• Meanwhile, prepare Dough:.
• Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in medium-size bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Stir in rind. Gradually stir in milk with fork to form soft dough.
• Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface. Roll out into 14 x 11-inch rectangle. Transfer to prepared cookie sheet.
• To Fill Roll:.
• Brush dough with melted butter. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons sugar and the nuts. Spread dough with cooled Cranberry Sauce, leaving 2-inch border all the way around. With a long side of the dough facing you, fold left and right short sided inward to that ends touch edges of Cranberry Sauce. Beginning with long side, roll up jelly-roll fashion. Gently seal edges with fingers. Turn roll so seam-side is down.
• Bake in preheated hot oven (400 degrees Fahrenheit) for 25 - 30 minutes or until golden brown. Carefully transfer to wire rack to cool.
• Prepare Garnish:.
• Combine the cranberries and corn syrup in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring, util berries just begin to pop, 2 - 3 minutes. Cool.
• Transfer rolypoly to serving plate. Garnish with the cranberries, orange slices and mint leaves, if you wish. Serve with heavy cream if you wish.