South African Raisin, Orange and Pistachio Swirls

method:

• Put the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl and rub in the butter with your fingertips. Stir in the yeast and sugar. Beat the egg and milk together, then stir into the flour mixture. Bring the mixture together to form a soft dough.
• Dust a work surface with a little flour. Turn the dough onto this and knead for 10 minutes, until smooth and elastic. Cover and leave to rest for 10 minutes while you make the filling, by mixing together the melted butter with the muscovado sugar, South African raisins, pistachio nuts and orange zest.
• Roll out the dough into a rectangle measuring approximately 25cm x 30cm. Sprinkle the filling evenly on top. Roll up from one long end and cut into nine slices.
• Grease a 23cm (9in) cake tin with a few drops of vegetable oil, then arrange the buns in it (cut sides up), spacing them apart. Cover with cling film and set aside in a warm place for one hour, or until roughly doubled in size.
• Preheat the oven to 210C/Gas 7. Bake for approximately 18-20 minutes, until the buns are risen and golden-brown. Cool for five minutes, then turn them out onto a wire rack.
• For the glaze, put the caster sugar and three tablespoons water into a small saucepan. Heat to dissolve, then boil for 40-60 seconds. Brush over the warm buns. Cool completely.
• To decorate, mix the icing sugar with the orange juice to make a thin icing. Drizzle over the buns, then sprinkle them with fine shreds of orange zest and chopped pistachios. Leave to set, then serve.