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| Marzipan macaroons |
One of my cookbooks I keep going back to at this time of year especially is the wonderful book, Scandilicious Baking by Signe Johansen. I was lucky enough to meet her once and she was as warm and friendly, as enthusiastic a baker as you could hope to meet, wanting to share her passion for using good quality ingredients and creating something to fully please the taste buds.
In today's bake, the last of the 7 I am sharing for Christmas 2019 she has certainly achieved that. These are a take on the Norwegian kransekake that I blogged about a few days ago but add a slightly crispy, chewy like bite to them. Signe writes that they are a cross between a macaroon, a tuile biscuit and a brandy snap.
Marzipan macaroons
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| Blitz the marzipan, almonds and icing sugar. |
You will need:
2000g ready-made marzipan
100g whole almonds
100g icing sugar
3 egg whites
50g butter melted then slightly cooled
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp fine sea salt
♥ Whizz and blitz the marzipan, almonds and icing sugar in a blender until breadcrumb like.
♥ Transfer to a large bowl and mix in with all the other ingredients. This will combine to make a sticky mixture, you may need to use your hands to bring it together. DO NOT OVERWORK as the almond oil will leave it with a very greasy film.
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| Sticky thick mixture |
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| Dollops of the mixture with wide spacing |
♥ Place on greaseproof lined baking trays 'dollops' of teaspoonfuls of the mixture. Leave a good 6cm around each dollop as these macaroons spread widely.
♥ Bake in a preheated oven 180 Degrees Celsius for 5-8 minutes or until pale golden in colour.
♥ Cool on a wire rack.
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| The mixture on baking spread wide |
♥ Decorate with drizzled chocolate, see photograph.
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| Marzipan macaroons with drizzled chocolate |
♥ Keep in an airtight container. they should last a week or two but I did experience as Signe suggested that they can 'soften' slightly, so I popped them back into the oven at 140 Degrees Celsius for a couple of minutes to crisp them back up. These freeze well too! Defrost at room temperature for a bit before popping them back in the oven for a few minutes to re-crisp up.
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| Marzipan macaroons, perfect with a cup of coffee |
Christmas 2019
This year for our 7 cookies to bake in the run up to Christmas we have baked:
♥ I know we have some days left to Christmas, but as we have now baked ALL seven of our Christmas bakes I would like to wish you ALL a very happy time from my home to yours ♥
I think you should put all these recipes from across the years into a book, I'm sure it would be a great success. Wishing you the best of festive times at Christmas with your family. x
ReplyDeleteNow there an idea I had not thought about. Thank for that Karen. Hoping your festive sesaon is a smash hit for you all x
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