Pâte d'Amandes fondante (Fondant Almond Paste)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Pass the almonds through the grinder.
  2. Put them in the mortar with the flavouring chosen — either the vanilla sugar or the small glass of liqueur.
  3. Add the sugar cooked to the grand cassé little by little, stirring vigorously with the pestle to mix it into the almond paste.

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