Ingredients

Serves 4-6

120g walnuts, shelled
60g dried figs, finely chopped
300gwhole almonds, shelled
130g candied orange and lemon rind, finely chopped
1 pinch of ground cinnamon
1 pinch of nutmeg
1 pinch of ground cloves
1 pinch of white peppercorns
100g cocoa powder, unsweetened
180g icing sugar
2 tablespoons plain flour
5 tablespoons of honey
Rice paper for the baking tray

Method

Bake the almonds and the walnuts on a baking tray in a preheated oven on 200°C. After about four minutes remove them from the oven and allow them to cool a little before finely chopping them. You can use a food processor to do this.

Put the chopped nuts, figs, candies citrus rind, spices and the cocoa powder in a large bowl, mix them together and set aside.

Put the sugar and honey in a clean bowl over a pot of simmering water, after about 8 minutes it should have combined. Dip a spoon into the mixture and lift it out, if the mix forms a thread (a bit like toffee) its ready. Cook longer if it’s not quite there.

Stir the flour into the honey mixture and then fold into the fig and nut mix, stir to combine.

Line a baking tray with paper, pour in the mixture and press it down using your fingers so it’s about 2cm thick and even.

Bake for about 45 minutes in a preheated oven on 180°C.

Cool on a rack.