Yotam Ottolenghi makes apricot and almonds ensaimada on Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Island Feast.
The ingredients are: 50g muscatel raisins or other raisins, roughly chopped 1 tsp, 3 tbsp orange liquor such as Cointreau or Grand Marnier, 100g unsalted butter, diced, at room temperature, 150g caster sugar, 2 eggs, lightly whisked, 40g ground almonds, 70g plain flour, plus extra for dusting, 7 apricots, stone removed: 4 cut into ½ cm dice, 3 cut in half only, Grated zest of 1 orange, Grated zest of 1 lemon, 40g flaked almonds, 500g puff pastry, ½ tsp icing sugar, 1 tsp runny honey and Salt.