Flourless almond cinnamon stars
Almond and cinnamon stars topped with a thin white meringue.
Active time1 h
Cooking1 h 15 min
Total3 h 30 minResting : 1 h
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Ingredients
- 90 g shop-bought pasteurised liquid egg white
- 400 g shop-bought ground almonds
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 375 g icing sugar
- 8 g vanilla sugar
- 30 ml amaretto liqueur
Preparation
Sift the icing sugar. Weigh 250 g for the dough and reserve 125 g for the icing. Weigh 60 g egg white for the dough and keep 30 g refrigerated for the icing. Mix almonds, dough icing sugar and cinnamon. Add dough egg white, amaretto and vanilla sugar and bring together. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
90 g shop-bought pasteurised liquid egg white400 g shop-bought ground almonds1 tsp ground cinnamon375 g icing sugar8 g vanilla sugar30 ml amaretto liqueur- sieve
- mixing bowl
- spatula
- small bowls
- cover
Heat the fan oven to 120 °C. Roll between baking paper to 5 mm thick. Cut with a star cutter about 5 cm across and transfer to lined trays, slightly spaced. Gather scraps and repeat. If the dough is sticky, chill it again before rolling.
- oven
- baking paper
- rolling pin
- star cutter
- flat spatula
- trays
Beat the reserved 30 g egg white with the reserved 125 g icing sugar into a stiff glossy meringue. Spread a thin layer over each star to its points. Approximate yield: 70 pieces. Avoid overloading the cookies with icing.
- bowl
- electric mixer
- teaspoon
- trays
Bake each tray for 25 minutes at 120 °C in the fan oven. The meringue should feel dry without browning and the centres stay soft. Bake all the dough in successive batches. Cool the final tray on a rack for 30 minutes until completely cold. Earlier trays cool while later ones bake.
- oven
- trays
- rack
Allergens
- Eggs
- Tree nuts
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Gluten, Lupin, Milk, Molluscs, Mustard, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
Sources and credits
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