The Art of French Pastry

baked and glazed first with apricot jam, then with sugar icing. The recipe requires Almond Cream and Candied Le ...

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Get out the following equipment and allow all of the ingredients to come to room temperature: Di ...

1 small mixing bowl 1 rubber spatula 1 chef’s knife 1 medium mixing bowl 1 bowl scraper 1 pastry bag fitte ...

fitted with bowl and whisk attachments 1 pastry bag fitted with a ⅜-inch round tip 1 sheet pan lined with p ...

Read this recipe through twice from start to finish. UNDERSTANDING INGREDIENTS The almond flour gives the merin ...

cream filling from becoming dry. I like to use almonds with skin for this cookie just because it adds ...

INGREDIENTS | WEIGHT | MEASURE (APPROXIMATE) OR OUNCE WEIGHT ICING Confectioners’ sugar | 50 grams | ½ cup Lemon ...

12 grams | 1¼ to 2½ teaspoons Water | 6 grams | 1 teaspoon ALMOND CREAM FILLING Candied Lemon Peel | 20 ...

MERINGUE COOKIE BASE Confectioners’ sugar | 50 grams | ½ cup Almond flour, with skin | 50 grams | ½ cup Egg ...

Pinch Cream of tartar | 0.5 gram | Pinch Granulated sugar | 10 grams | 2 teaspoons TOPPING Sliced almonds, wit ...

grams | Scant ¼ cup METHOD 1 Make the sugar icing by mixing together the sifted 50 grams of confec ...

of lemon juice and omit the water. 2 Chop the candied lemon peel, if using, until it becomes a paste ...

3 Preheat the oven to 325°F/160°C. 4 Sift together the confectioners’ sugar and almond flour ...

and whip on high for 1 to 2 minutes, until you have a meringue with soft peaks. Gently and carefully ...

baked cookies will be gummy. 6 Using a bowl scraper, carefully transfer the mixture to a pastry b ...

space between each cookie and making sure to stagger the rows. Sprinkle the edge of each ring with sliced al ...

9 While the cookies are baking, warm the apricot jelly in a small saucepan just until it becomes liq ...

sugar icing. Keep the apricot jelly warm over the lowest heat possible so that it won’t seize up. If thi ...

The cookies should be golden brown. The double glazing should create a mirror-like appearance and the surface of the co ...

week in an airtight container at room temperature. They should not be refrigerated or frozen once they ...