Stuffed prunes

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 25 pieces, you will need:

• 1 50 g ground almonds
• 2 50 g icing sugar
• 3 1 teaspoon egg white
• 4 1 tablespoon Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac)
• 5 25 dried prunes
• Total weight: 370 grams

Times:

Preparation
20 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Prepare the Armagnac-flavoured marzipan with 50 g ground almonds, 50 g icing sugar and 1 tablespoon Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac), following this recipe (add the Armagnac as soon the mixture becomes a paste.
2	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.
3	Cut the slab into rectangular pieces about the same length as a prune.
4	Slice 25 dried prunes in half lengthways.
5	Assemble the "prunes in disguise" (as the French call them) by inserting a piece of marzipan between 2 prune halves.
6	Assemble all the prunes like this.

Remarks

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

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