House friends (Dutch Christmas cookies)

Name: House friends (Dutch Christmas cookies)
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 62
Ingredients: 175 g Flour; 75 g Cornstarch; 75 g Sugar; 1 package Vanillin sugar; 1 pinch Salt; 1 egg (size M); 125 g cold butter; 200 g Marzipan raw mass; 60 g Icing sugar; 75 g Apricot Jam; 1 TABLESPOON Port wine; 125 g Dark chocolate coating; 20-25 g finely chopped pistachio kernels; 7-10 Tbsp Cling film; 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar and flour; baking paper

AUTHOR
Rachel Vazquez

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
105 mins

TOTAL TIME
105 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 62

175 g Flour
75 g Cornstarch
75 g Sugar
1 package Vanillin sugar
1 pinch Salt
1 egg (size M)
125 g cold butter
200 g Marzipan raw mass
60 g Icing sugar
75 g Apricot Jam
1 TABLESPOON Port wine
125 g Dark chocolate coating
20-25 g finely chopped pistachio kernels
7-10 Tbsp Cling film
7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar and flour
baking paper

Directions

1
Mix flour, cornstarch, sugar, vanillin sugar and salt in a bowl. Add egg and butter in pieces and knead everything with the dough hooks of the hand mixer. Finally knead with your hands to a smooth dough. Wrap in cling film and chill for about 1 hour. In the meantime knead marzipan and icing sugar.
2
Dust a work surface with icing sugar, roll out the marzipan thinly on top. Cut out about 62 triangles (5.5-6 cm side length). Set aside. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface to a thickness of about 3 mm and cut out about 62 triangles of the same size. Divide the cookies between 2 baking trays lined with baking paper. Bake the trays one after the other in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 8-10 minutes. Let them cool down. In the meantime, heat the jam and port wine in a saucepan and pass through a sieve. Spread the cookies with jam and place the marzipan triangles on top. Coarsely chop the chocolate coating and melt it on a hot water bath.
3
Bake the trays one after the other in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 8-10 minutes. Let them cool down. In the meantime, heat the jam and port wine in a saucepan and pass through a sieve. Spread the cookies with jam and place the marzipan triangles on top. Coarsely chop the chocolate coating and melt it on a hot water bath. Coat the triangles with couverture and sprinkle one corner each with pistachios. Leave to dry
4
waiting time approx. 1 1/4 hours