Almond biscuits
calories: high
category: dessert
cost: medium
difficulty: easy
preparation time: 60
Ingredients
Flour 200 gr.
Almonds 170 gr.
Sugar 170 gr.
Salt a pinch
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Almonds 170 gr.
Sugar 170 gr.
Salt a pinch
See our
Wine Tips
for your meals
Preparation Scald the almonds in slightly salty water then let them drain and peel. Bake them in a preheated oven at 200 C. for about 3 minutes then let them cool. Crush them in a blender or in a pestle and sieve them.
Stir in 180 gr. of flour together with the almonds and lay them out onto a board making a hole in the middle. Melt the sugar in a pot with a little water on a low heat then pour it into the hole and add a pinch of salt. Knead the ingredients firmly until you have a soft dough.
Divide the dough into 3 or 4 pieces and make several small balls of about 2 cm in diameter. Press each one out to about 2 mm. then cut out the biscuits with a biscuit cutter.
Lay the biscuits onto a floured biscuit tin and bake them in a pre-heated oven at 200°C. for about 15 minutes. As soon as you have taken them out of the oven, remove them from the tin and let them cool before serving. The Chef's tips Drink some Sauvignon del Friuli wine with your recipe. Curiosity Sicily is famous for the ‘pasta di mandorle’ being the basis for many of their sweets and cakes, of which the most famous is the Cassata. Today, the tradition of weddings has evolved to giving each guest five sugar coated almonds (Italian confetti) as a symbol of health, fertility, wealth, joy and long-life.
Stir in 180 gr. of flour together with the almonds and lay them out onto a board making a hole in the middle. Melt the sugar in a pot with a little water on a low heat then pour it into the hole and add a pinch of salt. Knead the ingredients firmly until you have a soft dough.
Divide the dough into 3 or 4 pieces and make several small balls of about 2 cm in diameter. Press each one out to about 2 mm. then cut out the biscuits with a biscuit cutter.
Lay the biscuits onto a floured biscuit tin and bake them in a pre-heated oven at 200°C. for about 15 minutes. As soon as you have taken them out of the oven, remove them from the tin and let them cool before serving.
