ingredients

1 good melon
1 roll of pure butter puff pastry
4 tbsp. to c. of lavender honey
60 g of almond powder
1 egg yolk
60 g 20 g of soft butter
60 g of sugar

Equipment

1 large bowl
1 board 1 sturdy knife
1 large nonstick skillet

Steps

Almond melon puff pastries

In advance: mix in the bowl 60 g butter, egg yolk, sugar and almond powder. Unwrap the dough on its paper; cut out 4 rectangles as large as possible. Paste on paper, put them on the plate; keep in the fridge.

Prepare the melon: cut in 4, seed, bark. Cut each quarter into 4-5 thick slices. Cook 3 min in the pan over medium heat with 20 g butter; turn over, spread the honey, cook until caramelizes slightly. Get out of the fire.

Approx. 30 min before serving: Preheat oven to 210 ° C (Tea 7). Spread the almond cream on the very cold dough. Lay sliced ​​melon and caramelized juice. Bake 10-12 min. Enjoy lukewarm.

tips

Melon. For guaranteed quality, choose the bearer of an official label: thus the Melon du Quercy PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) macaroon certifies that it has been grown in Quercy and harvested at optimum maturity, thus offering a very fragrant flesh, juicy and melting.

Complete. At the end of the oven, sow lavender flowers on the pastries (they must not have been treated) or green anise seeds.