Pâte d'Amandes fondante (Fondant Almond Paste)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 250 grammes almonds
- 1 spoonful vanilla sugar
- 500 grammes sugar cooked to the grand cassé
Instructions
- Pass the almonds through the grinder.
- Put them in the mortar with the flavouring chosen — either the vanilla sugar or the small glass of liqueur.
- Add the sugar cooked to the grand cassé little by little, stirring vigorously with the pestle to mix it into the almond paste.