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Almond pastry fingers
2012-10-07
Ingredients
For the pastry
- 280g plain flour
- 200g self-raising flour
- 120g caster sugar
- 240g unsalted butter
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- Juice and zest of an orange
For the almond filling
- 200g ground almonds
- 150g icing sugar
- Finely grated zest of a lemon
- ½ tsp vanilla essence
- 1 egg white
- You will also need 1 tbsp caster sugar and chopped almonds to decorate.
Method
Start this recipe by preparing the pastry. Sift together the flour, baking and icing sugar in a large bowl. Add in the butter and rub together with your fingers till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the orange zest, fresh orange juice and egg yolks and mix together till you have a smooth soft pastry. Wrap up the pastry in cling film and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, you can also prepare the almond filling. Place all the ingredients together in a large bowl and bind together with your hands to form a soft marzipan. Make sure the mixture is not sticky. Once the pastry has chilled and you have prepared the almond filling, you can start preparing the almond fingers. Roll out the pastry on a floured work surface to a large rectangle 6mm in thickness. Roll out the almond filling on a work surface dusted with icing sugar to the same thickness, the same length as the pastry but half the width. Brush the pastry with a little water using a pastry brush and place the almond filling on top in the middle. Brush the almond filling with a little water and wrap over the excess pastry on both sides. Press the seams together well and turn the whole thing upside down so that the seam is at the bottom. Cut the filled pastry into small fingers 3cm in width and brush the top with a little water. Sprinkle over the chopped almonds and sugar and carefully place the almond fingers on baking sheets lined with non-stick paper. Bake in the oven at 200`c for 25-30 minutes, or until the almond fingers are a light golden colour. Remove them from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool down completely before serving.
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Ingredients
Għall-għaġina
- 280g dqiq plain
- 200g dqiq self-raising
- 120g zokkor fin (caster sugar)
- 240g butir bla melħ
- 2 isfra tal-bajd
- kuċċarina essenza tal-vanilla
- il-meraq u l-qoxra maħkuka ta’ larinġa
Għall-mili tal-lewż
- 200g lewż mitħun
- 150g zokkor tal-ġelu (icing sugar)
- ta’ lumija maħkuka rqiq
- ½ kuċċarina essenza tal-vanilla
- l-abjad ta’ bajda
Method
Ibda billi tlesti l-għaġina. Għarbel flimkien id-dqiq u z-zokkor fi skutella kbira. Żid il-butir u agħġen b’idejk sakemm it-taħlita tiġi qisha frak tal-ħobż. Żid il-qoxra maħkuka tal-larinġa, il-meraq tal-larinġa u l-isfra tal-bajd u ħawwad sakemm tifforma għaġina ratba. Geżwirha fil-cling film u kessaħha fil-friġġ għal 30 minuta. Sadattant lesti l-mili tal-lewż. Poġġi l-ingredjenti kollha fi skutella oħra kbira u ħawwadhom b’idejk sakemm ikollok taħlita ratba. Ara li din it-taħlita tal-marżipan ma tkunx twaħħal. Meta l-għaġina tkun kesħet tista’ tibda tlesti l-frolla. Iftaħ l-għaġina fuq wiċċ miksi bid-dqiq f’rettanglu ta’ 6mm ħxuna. Ferrex ftit zokkor tal-ġelu u fuqu iftaħ ukoll il-mili, bl-istess ħxuna u tul tal-għaġina, iżda b’nofs il-wisa’. Idlek l-għaġina bi ftit ilma u poġġi l-mili fin-nofs. Idilku wkoll bi ftit ilma u itwi l-għaġina ż-żejda taż-żewġ naħat. Agħfas it-trufijiet flimkien u aqleb il-pasta frolla rasha ’l isfel biex it-trikkib tal-għaġina jiġi taħt. Qattagħha f’biċċiet ħoxnin ta’ 3ċm u idlek il-wiċċ ta’ kull biċċa bi ftit ilma. Ferrex il-lewż imfarrak u z-zokkor fil-wiċċ u poġġihom f’tilar miksi b’karta tal-ostji. Aħmihom f’temperatura ta’ 200oC għal 25-30 minuta, jew sakemm ikunu ħmaru ftit. Oħroġhom mill-forn u poġġihom fuq gradilja biex jiksħu sew qabel isservihom.
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