Almonds

Name: Almonds
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 30
Ingredients: 50 g Butter or margarine; 50 g Sugar; 2 Eggs (size M); 50 g ground almonds; 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1/2 untreated lemon; 1 TABLESPOON Rum; 2 TABLESPOONS Whipped cream; 250 g Flour; 1 TEASPOON Baking Powder; 1 kg white cooking fat for frying; 100 g Icing sugar; 7-10 Tbsp Flour

AUTHOR
Rachel Vazquez

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 30

50 g Butter or margarine
50 g Sugar
2 Eggs (size M)
50 g ground almonds
7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1/2 untreated lemon
1 TABLESPOON Rum
2 TABLESPOONS Whipped cream
250 g Flour
1 TEASPOON Baking Powder
1 kg white cooking fat for frying
100 g Icing sugar
7-10 Tbsp Flour

Directions

1
Warm the fat slightly. Beat the fat and sugar in a bowl with the whisk of the hand mixer for approx. 5 minutes until foamy. Add eggs, almonds, lemon peel, rum and cream and stir in.
2
Sift the flour and stir in 2/3 of it by the spoonful. Mix the rest of the flour with the baking powder and knead well. Cover the dough and chill for about 20 minutes. Then roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of approx. 1 cm and cut it out with special almond shapes (available in stores) or cut it into drop-shaped cookies by hand.
3
Heat the cooking fat in a high pot or deep fryer to 180° C. Fry the almonds in it in portions until golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper. Dust with icing sugar before serving.