Croquants de Cordes

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 20 pieces, you will need:

• 1 125 g whole almonds
• 2 200 g caster sugar
• 3 80 g flour
• 4 70 g egg white
• 5 1 tablespoon rum
• Total weight: 490 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
15 min.	30 min.	45 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Preheat oven to 150°C (300°F). Coarsely chop 125 g whole almonds.
2	Pour them onto a baking tray and roast for 15 minutes at 150°C (300°F), then take them out and turn the oven up to 170°C (340°F) for the rest. Leave to cool.
3	Pour 200 g caster sugar and 80 g flour into a bowl and whisk to combine.
4	Add 70 g egg white, and 1 tablespoon rum and mix again.
5	Pour in the roasted almonds and stir again.
6	Pour (or better, pocket) small heaps onto a sheet of baking paper laid out on a baking sheet.
7	Bake for 12-15 minutes. Remove from the sheet when hot, then cool on a wire rack.
8	Enjoy warm or cold.

Remarks

For a chocolate version, add 10 g cocoa powder to the flour.
The rum can be replaced by orange blossom water.

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