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Raspberry Macadamia Scrolls

Twelve raspberry macadamia scrolls on a black wire cooling rack, eight topped with pink raspberry white chocolate cream cheese frosting, fresh raspberries, white chocolate curls and freeze-dried raspberry, and four left unfrosted to show the spiral of low sugar raspberry jam and macadamia marzipan, with a small dish of fresh raspberries alongside.
The flavour combination in this raspberry macadamia scrolls recipe first came about when I was workshopping a bundt made from sweet yeasted dough. The filling includes my low sugar raspberry jam that brings a super bright burst of fresh raspberry along with a very Queensland macadamia marzipan. I thought I'd ease you into this flavour combo with a scroll rather than the more challenging construction of a yeasted and filled bundt.
This raspberry jam scrolls recipe is the third in a trio of recipes built on my foundation sweet dough recipe, including Cardamom Orange Knots and Blueberry Cheesecake Kolaches. And which are the most delicious use of your time, you ask? You’ll need to bake all three and report back to me. But these raspberry macadamia scrolls are a good place to start.
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 25 minutes
Inactive Time 14 hours
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine Australian
Servings 12

Equipment

  • Large silicone mat (at least 45cm x 30cm)
  • Large rolling pin (at least 35cm long)
  • 26cm x 37cm x 6cm baking pan (or 23cm x 33cm x 5cm)
  • Food processor
  • Stand mixer
  • Digital kitchen scales
  • Instant read thermometer

Ingredients  

Foundation sweet dough

Tangzhong:

  • 35 g all-purpose flour
  • 120 g full cream milk
  • ½ teaspoon table salt

Dough:

  • 60 g white sugar
  • 2 oranges
  • 350 g full cream milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 575 g all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon instant yeast
  • 115 g unsalted butter

Raspberry jam and macadamia marzipan filling:

  • 1 cup low sugar raspberry jam
  • 300 g roasted and salted macadamia nuts
  • 100 g pure icing sugar

Frosting:

  • 150 g couverture white chocolate
  • 250 g original Philadelphia cream cheese
  • 1-2 tablespoons raspberry jam
  • ½ teaspoon lemon juice
  • ¼ teaspoon table salt

Décor:

  • 100 g fresh raspberries
  • ¼ cup freeze dried raspberries
  • 2 tablespoons chopped macadamia nuts
  • 25-50 g couverture white chocolate

Egg wash:

  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 tablespoons cream or milk

Instructions 

What to make ahead

    Make the tangzhong:

    • Weigh 35g all-purpose flour and 120g full cream milk into a small pan and add ½ teaspoon table salt.
    • Heat over medium low heat while whisking until the mixture forms a thick paste.
    • Remove from the heat, transfer to a small bowl or container and chill until slightly cold.

    Make and knead the foundation sweet dough:

    • Weigh 60g white sugar into the bowl of a stand mixer and zest 2 oranges over the bowl using a Microplane.
    • Using the paddle attachment, mix on medium for 2 minutes until zest is well incorporated into the sugar.
    • Add the tangzhong, 350g full cream milk, 1 large egg, 575g all-purpose flour, and 1 tablespoon instant yeast.
    • Mix on low with the dough hook until combined.
    • Increase speed to medium and knead for at least 5 minutes to develop the gluten. You want it to stretch and not tear immediately if you test a small piece of the dough.
    • Turn the speed back to low and add 115g slightly chilled unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon sized pieces, a couple of pieces at a time. Wait until each addition is incorporated before adding more. This can take up to 10 minutes.

    Forming the dough ball:

    • Tip the dough onto the bench. Pick a side to be the top of the dough ball and keep it that way.
    • Lift the dough off the bench, stretch it out and drop it back down, gathering it back into a ball with a dough scraper.
    • Repeat until the dough becomes less sticky and more resistant.
    • Then lift the dough about 30cm off the bench, letting it stretch into a tail, flip the tail forward as you land it, roll the dough over and tuck it in, keeping the top facing up. Tuck in around the base with the scraper and repeat a couple of times.
    • The dough is ready when it releases cleanly from the bench and springs back when pressed.
    • Lift into a greased bowl, cover with an oiled sealed lid or oiled plastic wrap.
    • Refrigerate overnight, up to 12 hours.

    Make the macadamia marzipan:

    • Process 300g roasted and salted macadamia nuts in a food processor, using the pulse button, until the nuts turn into a fine crumb.
    • Add 100g pure icing sugar and continue pulsing until just combined and lumps are starting to form. Do not form a paste.
    • Refrigerate in a sealed container until required.

    On the day you bake

      Get organised:

      • Set up your proving environment before taking the dough out of the fridge.
      • Set the oven to 30°C.
      • Grease the baking pan and line it with baking paper.

      Assembling the raspberry macadamia scrolls:

      • Remove the risen dough from the fridge. It does not need to come to room temperature; you want to work with chilled, not soft, dough.
      • Roll the dough out on a well-floured silicone mat into a 30cm x 45cm rectangle, about 8mm thick. No mat this size? Baking paper works too, though it's a bit trickier to manage (refer to notes).
      • If the dough gets too soft to handle, return it to the fridge to firm up.
      • Slide the rolled dough onto a flat tray, return to the fridge, and let it firm up for 10-15 minutes.
      • Spread about one cup of low sugar raspberry jam across the dough with a silicone spatula, stopping about 5mm short of the edges on all sides. Aim for an even layer about 3mm thick.
      • Crumble the macadamia marzipan evenly across the jam, breaking up any large lumps with your fingers.
      • Return the dough to the fridge to firm up again for 10-15 minutes.
      • Starting from one long side, turn the first edge over into a tight core, then use the silicone mat to help roll the dough into a log, firmly enough that there are no gaps but not so tight that the filling squeezes out.
      • Check the roll is about 45cm long and then mark out twelve 3.5cm scrolls
      • Return the dough to the fridge to firm up again for 10-15 minutes.
      • Cut a long piece of dental floss. Gently lift the roll, slide the floss under the first marked cut, cross the ends over the top and pull to slice cleanly through.
      • Reshape each scroll into a neat circle and place in the prepared baking pan, spacing them evenly three by four, with a gap between the scrolls and the edge of the pan.
      • Transfer to your proving set up and prove until just under doubled in size, 25-35 minutes.
      • Meanwhile, prepare the egg wash by beating 2 egg yolks with 2 tablespoons cream or milk.

      Make the frosting:

      • Melt 150g couverture white chocolate gently in the microwave on medium power, in bursts of 30 seconds to start, then 10 seconds, stirring between bursts. Leave to cool but keep fluid.
      • Place 250g chilled Original Philadelphia cream cheese, cut into small pieces, in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat on low with the paddle attachment until smooth.
      • Add the cooled chocolate and beat on low until almost combined.
      • Finish by hand: fold in 1-2 tablespoons raspberry jam, ½ teaspoon lemon juice and ¼ teaspoon table salt. Adjust the lemon juice and salt to taste.
      • Refrigerate until required.

      Bake:

      • Preheat the oven to 165°C fan forced, with the rack in the top third of the oven.
      • Brush the risen scrolls with a thin layer of egg wash, avoiding the filling. Repeat with a second thin layer.
      • Place the pan in the oven and immediately turn the temperature down to 155°C fan forced.
      • Bake for 20-25 minutes, rotating the pan 180 degrees at the 15 minute mark.
      • The internal temperature of the scroll should reach 88°C to 91°C. If you don't have a thermometer, the centre scrolls take longest, so when the tops are deep golden, push open the middle scroll with a knife to check the dough is baked through.
      • Leave to cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then lift out by the baking paper to cool completely on a non-stick cooling rack.

      Decorate:

      • Frost the cooled scrolls with the raspberry white chocolate cream cheese frosting.
      • Decorate with about 100g torn fresh raspberries, ¼ cup crumbled freeze dried raspberries, 2 tablespoons chopped macadamia nuts and white chocolate curls.
      • For the curls, run a smooth vegetable peeler along the narrow side of a white chocolate bar.

      Just before you cook with abandon…

      Digital scales: If you are going to bake, you need a kitchen scale. It's really in the necessity column, not the optional column. You don't need to spend a fortune; decent ones can be bought for about $70. I find the expensive ones break down just as quickly as the cheaper versions. But I would recommend you go for a known brand from a reputable kitchen shop.
      Tablespoons: I use 15ml tablespoons in my baking recipes.
      Make ahead: The night before you bake, make the tangzhong, knead the foundation sweet dough and get it into the fridge for its overnight rest. You can also make the macadamia marzipan ahead and keep it in the fridge. That leaves the rolling, filling, shaping, baking, frosting and decorating for the day itself.
      Macadamia marzipan: This is a low sugar marzipan at a nut-forward 3:1 macadamia to sugar, even less sugar than a classic marzipan, so it tastes of macadamias rather than sugar. It's crumbled over the jam rather than rolled, so it doesn't need to hold together like a traditional almond marzipan, and because macadamias are so oily it binds on their oil alone with no egg white or other binder needed.
      Raspberry jam: I use my low sugar raspberry jam, which tastes like fresh raspberries but stays put as a filling should. The full batch makes about one litre, and I don't recommend making half, so you'll have plenty left for more scrolls, for your toast, or for another recipe that uses it. You can use a store bought jam, but will you regret it? Probably.
      Baking paper: You need a silicone mat or baking paper large enough to roll the dough to 30cm x 45cm. If your mat isn't big enough, baking paper works, though it's trickier to manage. Some shops carry extra-wide baking paper, or you can tape two pieces together to get a sheet large enough.
      Proving without a proving oven: I use one very large sturdy plastic bag (70cm x 80cm) that holds the baking pan on a tray, inflated with a hair dryer on the cool setting so it doesn't catch on the dough, then prove in the oven set to 30°C. The pan will be fine in a warm oven without the bag too, add a bowl of just boiled water in the corner of the oven if you want the humidity. Large sealed plastic storage containers on the bench work as well. And if it's January in Australia, the bench is fine on its own.
      Frosting: Using the cream cheese straight from the fridge and finishing by hand is counterintuitive but purposeful. Overbeating room-temperature cream cheese breaks down its structure and leaves you with a runny mess, so cold cream cheese, which holds up to the beating longer, plus a gentle finish by hand, keeps the frosting thick enough to decorate with.
      Storage: These raspberry macadamia scrolls are best eaten the day they are made. The tangzhong method helps keep them moist and fluffy for a day or two more. Once frosted, keep them in the fridge in a sealed container.
      Freezing: If you're planning to freeze the baked raspberry jam scrolls, I recommend freezing them unfrosted and without décor. Cool them completely, then wrap each scroll well and freeze for up to two months. To serve, thaw at room temperature, then warm briefly in a low oven to bring back the soft crumb before frosting and decorating. The frosting can be made ahead and frozen too, if you wish.