Andalusian honey and nut alfajores

Name: Andalusian honey and nut alfajores
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 222 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 75 g raw blanched almond; 5 g whole anise seed; 3 g ground cinnamon; 100 g bought fine dried breadcrumbs; 0.25 g ground cloves; 0.25 g ground coriander seed; 50 g drinking water; 113 g runny rosemary honey; 50 g raw blanched hazelnut; 19 g whole sesame seed; 50 g white sugar; 25 g icing sugar

Dessert
Spanish

Small Andalusian cylinders of honey, breadcrumbs, ground almonds and hazelnuts, scented with anise and spices and dusted with icing sugar.

Active time40 min

Cooking22 min

Total4 hResting : 3 h

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Ingredients

0.25 g ground coriander seeds
113 g runny rosemary honey
75 g raw blanched almonds
5 g whole anise seeds
3 g ground cinnamon
50 g drinking water
50 g raw blanched hazelnuts
19 g whole sesame seeds
50 g white sugar
25 g icing sugar
100 g bought fine dried breadcrumbs
0.25 g ground cloves

Preparation

Step completed · 1
Preheat the conventional oven to 160 °C. Spread hazelnuts and almonds on a tray and toast for about 12 minutes until lightly golden without burning. Cool for 15 minutes, then grind finely in pulses without turning into oily butter. Grind anise in a spice grinder and mix with nuts, cinnamon, cloves, coriander and sesame.
Step completed · 2
Heat water and white sugar for about 5 minutes, then boil for 1 minute to dissolve without caramelising. Cool for 15 minutes. Warm honey gently for about 3 minutes, then bring to its first boil for 1 minute. Pour over nuts and spices, add breadcrumbs and all cooled syrup and mix thoroughly into an even paste. Cool for about 20 minutes before handling, without touching hot honey with bare hands.
Step completed · 3
Take dough portions of about 29 g, giving roughly 16 small alfajores. Roll into cylinders about 5 cm long and 2.5 cm across. Coat lightly in icing sugar without mixing the sugar left in the plate into the dough. Set on paper and dry for about 120 minutes before serving.

Allergens

Gluten
Tree nuts
Sesame

Sources and credits

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