Blackberry Roly Poly

Name: Blackberry Roly Poly
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Europe, Great Britain
Ingredients: 10 ounces (283 grams; 2 cups), blackberries; 2/3 cup (4⅔ ounces; 132 grams), sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, grated lemon zest; 3 cups (15 ounces; 425 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, salt; 16 tablespoons (2 sticks), unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled; 1 cup, milk, whole or low-fat

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2009

Desserts or Baked Goods

The English still make this sweet pastry. We wondered how something so good got lost in the States.

SERVES8

TIME1¾ hours, plus 20 minutes freezing

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The centuries-old Blackberry Roly Poly has undergone many tasty transformations, and we wanted a buttery, flaky, fruit-filled roll that was as rich as its predecessors. In a test of cooking methods, baking the roly poly easily outshined the...

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