
Kitchen
Almond diamonds
Ingredients
- 250 g boiled and blanched almonds
- 350 g ground and whole almonds
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 whole egg
- 200 g caster sugar
- 400 g flour
- 50 g butter
- 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar
- 1 small glass of crème fraîche
- 1/2 spoon of vanilla
- 150 g peeled and boiled almonds
- 1 egg white
- 1 pinch of salt
Preparation
Place the flour in a salad bowl, digging a hole in the middle, add the salt, butter, crème fraîche, powdered sugar. Mix well to obtain a smooth dough, then cover with cling film. Let sit for 30 minutes.
In a salad bowl, mix the blanched almonds and whole almonds, powdered sugar, egg yolks.
Knead well, then make sausages. Reserve.
Spread the dough on a floured work surface. Cut the sausages into strips of 10 to 30 cm. Place the almonds on the edge of the dough, then fold, spreading with the palm of your hand. Cut with a knife, decorate with almonds, then coat the cakes with egg white.
Bake in the oven at medium temperature for 20 minutes.
source: la-cuisine-marocaine.com




