1,421 easy and fully explained recipes, with 33,930 photos and 78 videos

Stuffed prunes

Stuffed prunes are a sweetmeat made with halved dried prunes sandwiched together around a morsel of marzipan flavoured with Armagnac.

32K 1 1

Last modified on: July 18^th 2018

Keywords for this recipe:

For 50 pieces, you will need:

1 100 g ground almonds
2 100 g icing sugar
3 2 teaspoons egg white
4 2 tablespoons Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac)
5 50 dried prunes
Total weight: 740 grams

Change these quantities to make: 25 pieces 50 pieces 75 pieces

Change measures: Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
20 min.	20 min.

At what time:

When will I finish if I start the recipe at ... ?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at ... ?
Work this out...

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare the Armagnac-flavoured marzipan with 100 g ground almonds, 100 g icing sugar and 2 tablespoons Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac), following this recipe (add the Armagnac as soon the mixture becomes a paste.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Roll out the Armagnac marzipan with a rolling pin into a slab about 1/2 an inch (1 cm) thick. Use guides or rulers, like in the photo, to get an even thickness.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Cut the slab into rectangular pieces about the same length as a prune.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Slice 50 dried prunes in half lengthways.

Stage 5

Assemble the "prunes in disguise" (as the French call them) by inserting a piece of marzipan between 2 prune halves.

Stage 6 - 7 min.

Assemble all the prunes like this.

Remarks

The same idea can be used with other dried fruit or nuts: stuffed dates, walnuts, etc.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,247 Kcal or 9,408 Kj	30 gr	388 gr	55 gr
112 %	11 %	37 %	8 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
304 Kcal or 1,273 Kj	4 gr	52 gr	7 gr
15 %	2 %	5 %	1 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
45 Kcal or 188 Kj	1 gr	8 gr	1 gr
2 %	<1 %	1 %	<1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Nuts, Egg, Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 50 pieces : 5.46 €
Per piece : 0.11 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Amandier (gluten-free almond cake), Financier batter, Moist cereal bars, Buckwheat almond biscuits, Apple Strudel, ... All
	Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coconut "croute à thé", Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Chocolate almond cookies, Almond dacquoise, Mirlitons of Guipavas, ... All
	Dried prunes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Prune Far, Agen prune cake, ... All
	Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Baked Alaska, Spicy hot toasted cashew nuts, Piped petits-fours, Peach and verbena feuilleté, How to add beaten eggs whites to a mixture, ... All

Other recipes you may also like

Brioche dough

It's a soft and rich dough, with butter and eggs which give a smooth and incredibly tasty brioche. This is the basic recipe for brioche dough, used for all other brioche-based recipes on the site.
508K 44.2 14 hours 27 min. September 16^th 2020

Cassoulet

Cassoulet is typical, even emblematic, of southern French cuisine. It is a "slow food" casserole in which meat and vegetables, particualrly dried beans, are cooked together for a long time. Here is a simplified version of this famous dish.
198K4.1 16 hours 9 min. September 17^th 2021

Chestnut cake

This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.
322K5 1 hour 13 min. May 8^th 2020

Fruit crumble

A fruit pudding: very easy to do and delicious: just a layer of fruit with a golden crunchy topping.
346K4.0 1 hour 11 min. February 21^th 2011

Epiphany galette

Here is the recipe for the very classic but delicious "galette des rois" (Epiphany galette) in puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) with almond cream or frangipane . You will also see some professional tips to easily handle the dough, and obtain a nice and regular galette.
275K 24.5 3 hours 8 min. January 6^th 2021

News list of cooking-ez.com

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.

Post your comment or question

Follow this recipe

If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.

Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.