Aniseed bars

AUTHOR
Benton Mccarty
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 3
COOK TIME
135 mins
TOTAL TIME
135 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 80
  • 4 fresh egg white (Gr. M), 1 pinch of salt
  • 400 g Icing sugar
  • 175 g gem. almonds (without skin)
  • 1 TEASPOON ground aniseed
  • 75 g Whole milk couverture
  • 25 g chopped or
  • 7-10 Tbsp ground pistachios
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Beat egg white and salt until stiff. Gradually fold in icing sugar. Fold in almonds and aniseed. Pour into a piping bag with a large perforated spout and spray 4-5 cm long strips onto the baking trays

  2. 2

    Dry both trays in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 100 °C/ circulating air: 75 °C) on the 2nd and 4th rail for 1-1 1/2 hours (gas: see manufacturer's instructions), changing the trays every 30 minutes. Allow to cool down

  3. 3

    Roughly chop the chocolate coating. Melt in a hot water bath. Spread some chocolate coating on each aniseed stick. Sprinkle with pistachios and leave to dry

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
30 kcal
CARBS
5 g
FATS
1 g
PROTEINS
1 g

Categories & Tags

MiscellaneousChristmas