Passion Fruit Melting Moments

Makes 24

250g (9oz) butter 60g (2½ oz) icing sugar 210g (7½ oz) plain white flour 50g (2oz) cornflour

Filling: 50g (2oz) butter 60g (2½ oz) icing sugar Sieved pulp of one ripe passion fruit

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/ Mark 4.

Cream the butter and icing sugar and beat until fluffy. Stir in the sieved flours. The mixture should be stiff but crumbly. Pipe into rosettes or form little balls and flatten with a fork in a criss-cross pattern. Bake for 12 – 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Meanwhile make the filling, cream the butter, add the icing sugar and the sieved pulp of ripe passion fruit, beat until light and creamy. Sandwich the melting moments together with a little of the passion fruit filling. Dredge with icing sugar and serve.