Apricot chocolate wreaths

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Mix flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa and sugar. Make a depression and add the egg. Spread cold fat flakes along the edge. Work through well with the dough hooks. Knead quickly with cool hands to a smooth dough.

2. 2

   Place in foil and chill for one hour. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to a thickness of three millimetres. Cut out rings of about eight centimetres in diameter. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Beat the egg white. Spread a thin layer of the dough rings. Bake in the preheated oven (electric: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for 12-15 minutes. Mix 50 grams of icing sugar with one or two tablespoons of water to a firm glaze. Knead marzipan and remaining icing sugar. Roll out thinly and cut out small stars, moons.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven (electric: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for 12-15 minutes. Mix 50 grams of icing sugar with one or two tablespoons of water to a firm glaze. Knead marzipan and remaining icing sugar. Roll out thinly and cut out small stars, moons. Halve the pistachios and apricots. Cut out stars and moons from the apricots. Spread the small pieces on the underside with icing and stick them on the chocolate wreaths

4. 4

   Waiting time approx. 1 hour