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Roasted plum & pistachio custard pastries

MAKES 8 PREP 1 hr plus overnight freezing, chilling, soaking and cooling COOK 55 mins MORE EFFORT V

50g cold butter, chopped, plus
120g frozen butter (see step 1)
300g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
50g icing sugar
2 eggs, beaten

For the filling

100g pistachios, shelled150ml whole milk150ml double cream3 egg yolks (freeze the whites for65g caster sugar15g plain flour15g cornflour4 red plums, halved and stoned1 tbsp light brown soft sugar½ tsp vanilla extract

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