Sweet almond pastry
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Sweet almond pastry
For one pie base
Preparation time: 5 min Cooking time : 30 min
Refrigeration time: 2h
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- 120g butter
- 70g icing sugar
- 25g almond powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- 200g plain flour
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PREPARATION
- In a bowl, combine flour , butter cut into small pieces , icing sugar , almond powder , salt and egg. Combine without overworking the dough and form a ball.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours before using . It will be easier to spread .
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Remove dough from refrigerator and roll out the dough gently with a rolling pin .
- Place the dough in a pie dish , cover with baking paper and beans and bake for 30 minutes until it is golden brown.
- Remove dough from oven and remove baking paper and beans
- Cover the pastry with the topping desired.
If you still have pastry you can make beautiful chocolate shortbreads . Roll the dough, cut it with a cookie cutter , and bake for 20 minutes. Top with melted chocolate and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes before serving. Chocolate will be so crisp !
Sweet almond pastry recipes is coming from the book Ladurée The Sweet Recipes from chêne edition.