Spice Balls

AUTHOR
Jennie Fields
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 4
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 50
  • 1 egg (size M)
  • 1 Egg Yolk
  • 100 g Sugar
  • 1 package Vanillin sugar
  • 200 g Honey
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 125 g chopped almonds
  • 100 g chopped candied fruit
  • 1 TEASPOON salt of the hartshorn
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Amaretto liqueur
  • 350 g Flour
  • 1 TEASPOON Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoonful of coriander and cardamom
  • 1 pinch Mace
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour
  • baking paper
  • 75 g Dark chocolate
  • 200 g Marzipan raw mass
  • 1 Protein
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated peel of 1 untreated orange
  • 1 Protein
  • 100 g flaked almonds

Directions

  1. 1

    Stir egg, egg yolk, sugar, vanillin sugar, honey and salt until very frothy. Stir in almonds and fruits. Dissolve salt of hartshorn in liqueur; knead in with flour and spices. Form into walnut-sized pieces with lightly floured hands, press flat.

  2. 2

    Grating chocolate. Knead well with marzipan, egg white and orange peel. Then roll into hazelnut-sized balls. Cover with the dough pieces. Shape into balls. Brush with egg white and roll in flaked almonds.

  3. 3

    Place on two baking trays lined with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven (electric oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for about 20 minutes.

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