Almond Ghribas

Ingredients

• 500 g of blanched and mixed almonds
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of butter
• 1 pinch of gum arabic powder
• 4 eggs
• 250 g of icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon zest
• egg white
• icing sugar

• Preparation

  In a terrine, mix the almonds, add the gum arabic, yeast, butter, three egg yolks (reserve the white), one egg, the icing sugar and the lemon zest.

  Mix all the ingredients to obtain a homogeneous paste. Oil your hands and form small balls with the dough in the form of ghriba.

  Dip them in the egg white then sprinkle with icing sugar.

  Arrange the Ghribas on an oiled and floured baking sheet then bake them in a preheated oven at a medium temperature for approximately 20 to 25 minutes.