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 18th 2018
Keywords for this recipe: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
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 20 min. | 20 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
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.
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 25 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 |
| 1,124 Kcal or 4,706 Kj | 15 gr | 194 gr | 28 gr |
| 56 % | 6 % | 18 % | 4 % |
| 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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 25 pieces : 2.73 €
- Per piece : 0.11 €
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)
 | Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate almond cookies, Arizona cupcakes, Brioche royale, Nanou's chocolate cake, Macarons (the original French macaroons) , ... All |
 | Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Blackcurrant-almond muffins, Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée), Amaretti, Caribbean upside-down cake, Amandier (gluten-free almond cake), ... 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: Coconut tuiles, Croute à thé, How to add beaten eggs whites to a mixture, Baked Alaska, Amiens macaroons, ... All |
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