SUNDAY MORNING AND LINA'S ITALIAN CORNETTI!

It's a sunny sunday morning here and what better way to relax into 'elevenses' than with Lina's Italian style cornetti. They are truly mouthwateringly delicious , as are all her recipes, and these are her own variation on the classic favourite.

                         Cornetti.
For the pastry:---250g. ricotta.
                        250g. butter.
                        250g.-00 flour.

                             3 tablespoons sugar.
                        1/2 teaspoon baking soda.
                       Pinch salt.
For the filling:
                    2-3 apples.
                    1 tablespoon brown sugar.
                   A little butter.
                   Grated rind of an orange.
                   Cinnamon to taste.

  Blend all the pastry ingredients and refrigerate for1/2 hour.
 Cook apple with other filling   ingredients and set aside.

Roll pastry to about 1/2 cm. and cut into triangles or rounds.
Put in centre a teaspoon of the filling and roll up into biscuits.

Brush with egg and bake for 20-30 minutes at 180C.
                                                   Mo.

'One of the very nicest things about life is that we must regularly stop whatever we are doing to devote our attention to eating.'
    Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright.-----Pavarotti,My Own Story.