Friday, July 25, 2014

Foodie Friday (on Saturday)- Almond Tarts

Almond Tarts
A recipe from 1836
Ingredients:
  • 1/2 pound shelled sweet almonds
  • 3 ounces shelled bitter almonds
  • rose- water
  • 1/4 pound of loaf sugar powdered
  • 1/2 lemon
  • fine paste
Instructions:
  1. Blanch almonds. Beat them, a few at a time, in a mortar, mixing well. Add rose-water (a little at a time). When done, mix in the loaf sugar, the juice and grated peel of half a lemon.
  2. Have some fine paste ready. Cut it into circular pieces about the size and thickness of a dollar. Put almond mixture into each piece of paste, heaping it up in the middle. Cover with lids and crimp the edges very neatly.
  3. Bake for about half an hour. Grate sugar over them when done.
Kelsey Conway
Backus-Page House Museum


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