Carrot-Apricot Swirls

Ingredients

• 200 g carrots
• 150 g apricot jam
• 1 1/2 tablespoons starch
• 150 g flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 25 g ground almonds
• 25 g sugar
• 4 teaspoons vanilla sugar
• 75 g low-fat small-curd cottage cheese
• 4 tablespoons oil (neutral in taste)
• 3 tablespoons milk

Directions

1. 1

   Clean the carrots and then grate them coarsely. Put into a pan and add starch and 100g of the jam. Bring to a boil stirring constantly. Simmer for 2 minutes. Add almonds and set aside.

2. 2

   Mix flour, baking powder, sugar, vanilla sugar in a bowl. Add curd cheese, oil and milk and knead into a soft dough (using your mixer first and then your hands). Roll out onto a slightly floured surface and roll out into a rectangle.

3. 3

   Spread the carrot-jam-mixture onto the dough. Roll up carefully starting from the long side.

4. 4

   Cut the roll into 8-10 pieces and place onto a lined baking sheet.

5. 5

   Bake at 190°C in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes.

6. 6

   Heat rest of the jam (50g) and spread onto swirls when coming out of the oven.

7. 7

   Serve hot or cold with whipped cream, ice-cream or plain.