Method

• 1.
  Preheat the oven to 200°C. Place flour, sugar, mascarpone, vanilla, and a pinch of salt in a food processor and pulse until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add milk, then whiz until dough just comes together.

• 2.
  Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and bring together with your hands. Roll dough out to a 3.5cm-thick rectangle, then, using a 7cm pastry cutter, cut out circles, bringing remaining dough together and cutting to make 12 circles in total.
• 3.
  Place onto a baking tray lined with baking paper, brush with milk and scatter over sesame seeds and slivered almonds.
• 4.
  Bake for 18-20 minutes until golden and cooked through.
• 5.
  Cool on a wire rack then split in half and serve with extra mascarpone and jam.