This Italian cheese is so versatile that it can be used in both sweet and savory recipes from cheesecakes to lasagnas.
Old Fashioned Homemade Almond Paste
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Almond paste is easier than you think to make yourself. Who knew that ground up almonds and sugar could be so delicious? If you bake, you'll find yourself using it more often than you think.
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ready in:
over 5 hrs
over 5 hrs
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ingredients
1 pound blanched almonds
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
directions
Force blanched almonds through fine blade of food chopper 4 times, or whirl in electric blender. Add lemon juice.
Cook water and sugar until candy thermometer registers 240 degrees F or until it forms the soft ball stage. Add to ground almonds. Mix well.
When cool enough to handle, knead until smooth. Cool. Pack in jar; cover, and store in refrigerator for at least 1 week to ripen.
NOTE: If almond paste is too stiff to handle after storage, place in top part of double boiler and heat over hot, not boiling, water until sufficiently soft to handle.
Use in cookies, coffee cakes or in other pastries and desserts.
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reviews & comments
September 19, 2018
This is so awesome. I just moved to a community that makes shopping for baking and cooking ingredients painful and frustrating. To be able to make this paste (I have recipes that call for this) opens up some recipes I was not able to use until now.Thank you ever so much!