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Stuffed prunes

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

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Last modified on: July 18^th 2018

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For 75 pieces, you will need:

1 340.5 ml ground almonds
2 150 ml icing sugar
3 3 teaspoons egg white
4 3 tablespoons Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac)
5 75 dried prunes

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20 min.	20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare the Armagnac-flavoured marzipan with 340.5 ml ground almonds, 150 ml icing sugar and 3 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 75 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
3,371 Kcal or 14,114 Kj	44 gr	581 gr	83 gr
169 %	17 %	55 %	13 %

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 75 pieces : 8.19 €
Per piece : 0.11 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Marzipan (almond paste), Viennese Shortbread, X-Files cookies, Chocolate sweetcrust pastry, Toasted almond cake, ... All
	Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond macaroon cake, Linzer torte, Beurre d'escargot, Macaronade mixture, Chocolate madeleines, ... 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: Viennese Shortbread, Strawberry sorbet, Almond tuiles, Meringues, Pavlova, ... All

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