Amaretti (I)

Origin: Florence, Italy

Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Chop peeled, dried sweet and bitter almonds very fine.
  2. Work sugar and egg whites at least half an hour, then add almonds to a firm paste (adjust with sugar or beaten white).
  3. Flatten walnut-sized balls to ~1 cm, set well apart on wafers or a dusted pan, and bake at moderate heat.

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