Almond paste
Desserts from Italy - Puglia
Almond sweets
Almond sweets
ready in
2 hours 20 minutes
difficulty
daily requirement
100% Fat
100% Protein
100% Carbohydrates
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description
If you want to prepare sweets that are quick and easy to prepare, almond sweets are among the best preparations you can prepare to make your guests happy!
preparation
step 1
Chop the almonds together with the granulated sugar until you get a fairly refined grain.
step 2
Take a bowl, pour the chopped almonds with the sugar, add the whipped egg whites, the grated zest of 1 lemon and mix everything well so that the dough is nice and firm.
step 3
With the dough obtained form balls.
step 4
Pass them in icing sugar, decorated in the center of each biscuit with a candied cherry cut in half or with a whole almond and place them on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
step 5
Transfer the sweets to the refrigerator to rest for about 2 hours.
step 6
After the rest time, inform a preheated oven at 160 ° for about 10 minutes.
step 7
Then take them out of the oven, let them cool, then serve!
step 8
IMPORTANT: for cooking, adjust according to the power of your oven. Almond sweets must remain white, or slightly golden, as they harden when cooling.