Caramel Almond Slices

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Caramel Almond Slices
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175g unsalted butter
70g icing sugar
1 egg
270g plain flour
Pinch of salt

35g unsalted butter
35g honey
70g caster sugar
50g pure cream
100g flaked almond
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Preheat oven to 180°C.

In a bowl, mix softened butter and icing sugar with an electric mixer.

Add egg and mix well.

Fold flour and salt with a spatula into the mixture, and combine to form a ball and flatten into a disk.

Wrap it in plastic wrap, then chill it in fridge for at least 1 hour.

Place a baking sheet on kitchen bench, then roll out pastry to 5 - 7 mm thick rectangle

Transfer the pastry with the baking sheet on a baking tray and bake it until the edges of the pastry are slightly golden.
In a small saucepan, combine butter, honey, sugar and cream, and simmer over medium heat until the mixture become thicker.
Stir through flaked almond and remove the saucepan from stove.
Pour the almond mixture into the centre of the pastry and spread it out, leaving a 1.5 cm edges.
Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let it cool for 15 mins and cut into small square or rectangle pieces.