St Clement’s Polenta Biscuits

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Ingredients

  • 100 g unsalted butter cold
  • 50 g fine polenta
  • 150 g self-raising flour
  • 100 g golden caster sugar plus extra to sprinkle
  • 2 lemons or oranges

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4.
  • Line two trays with greaseproof paper and rub with olive oil.
  • Cube the butter and place in a food processor with the polenta, flour and sugar.
  • Finely grate in the zest of 1 lemon (or orange), then pulse to combine.
  • Squeeze in the juice of half a lemon (or orange), and pulse again to bring the mixture together into a ball of dough.
  • Divide into 24 pieces, roll into balls and place on the trays, leaving a 5cm gap between them.
  • With your thumb, create a 1cm-deep dent in the centre of each ball.
  • Finely grate the remaining lemon (or orange) zest and scatter into the dents, followed by a little sprinkle of caster sugar.
  • Bake for 10 minutes, or until lightly golden.
  • Transfer to a wire rack to cool, then tuck in.
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