D'ziryet

[amina_imen]

Ingrédients:


For the dough:

* 500 g flour

* 150 g butter

* 1 egg

* 1 packet vanilla sugar

* Water + 1 tablespoon orange-flower water

* Pinch of salt


For the filling:

* 400 g ground almonds

* 100 sugar

* 4 eggs


*Honey

*Whole almonds



Method:

Mix the flour, salt, vanilla sugar and butter.
Add the egg and mix.
Add water and mix.
Add the orange-flower water and just enough water to bring all ingredients together as a soft dough. Knead well until smooth and elastic and leave to rest aside.

Meanwhile prepare the filling, ground almonds + sugar + eggs one at the time.
Shape into small balls about the size of an egg yolk.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough very thinly and cut into circles about 8 cm in diameter. Put a small ball of filling on each disc. Use your fingers to shape into a small 'basket' as in the picture.
Use a knife to draw a flower and decorate with a whole almond on top or according to your taste.

Note you can colour the dough as in the 2nd picture!

Oven cook for about 20 minutes.

Optional: Soak the sweets in tepid "honey" and leave to drain.



[Edited by amina_imen on 26th January 2005 at 02:35]

[mimiiw]

by "tepid syrup", am i correct in assuming you mean the honey??

[amina_imen]

Originally posted by mimiiw
by "tepid syrup", am i correct in assuming you mean the honey??

Thanks
Someone is still awake!!!
Sharp eye

[mimiiw]

thank you so very much, i appreciate this also

[amina_imen]

Pleasure

[3rdTroop]

[amina_imen]

Sahit 3rdTroop, I see you are breaking your own rule