Always a fav at this time of year,nice soft texture but has that "Dunking" factor I enjoy.
Ingredients
3 fresh eggs
50g Sugar
50g Runny Honey
200g Finely Ground Almonds
200g Finely Ground Hazelnuts
200g Lemon and Orange Candied Peel
1 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
Ground seeds of 10 Cardamon Pods
1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
1/2 tsp Allspice
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1/2 tsp Ground Cloves
1 tsp vanilla sugar
1/4 tsp Almond essence
Sheets of Rice paper
Whole Almonds
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Assemble Ingredients
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Whisk Eggs,with the sugar.honey,vanilla sugar,to a soft whip.
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Then fold in Ground Nuts,candied peel and spices.
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Oblaten are the traditional rice papers used but I like using Chinese rice paper as the salt in its makeup add to the flavour
as you bite into the biscuit.
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I cut rectangular rice paper bases 3 ins x 2 ins but you can cut them how you like,then place a blob of the mixture on each rice paper
base,then wet your fingers and flatten it down to around 1cm thickness.
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once flattened I add a whole Almond as it adds a bit of crunch,again traditionally you can use half ground and half crushed nuts if you prefer.
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Heat fan oven to 150 degrees and cook on middle shelf for 12 mins, much longer will make biscuits too crisp,but youll have to adjust to your own oven.
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Once cooked I let cool for an hour and enjoy these yummy Biscuits with Coffee.
Again you can make a sugar glaze but I enjoy them ""Just so "".
Enjoy
Merry Christmas
Gazza
These look scrummy :toothy10:
I don't have any rice paper though, will they be ok on silicon or do you need the rice paper for taste rather than sticking?
So pleased I made them JayB,had sis and bro in law here today, and along with mum and jude they all said how theyd enjoyed the flavour of them
with a cuppa,so well pleased I made the effort.
Well,I have tried on a baking sheet but the mix is very very sticky and tend to " Poo to a blanket",so no,the "OblatenWafer"or rice paper are a must
as I just blob it on the paper and with wet fingers dab it down to around a 1cm thickness ...must say ive messed em up before by over cooking them
and they do tend to go a tad crispy....some may like them like that but Ive found 12 mins about right as you have a firm outa but the inner is still gooooey....yum.
Hope you try them,deffinately morish !!!!!!!!!!!!
Gazza
Cheers Gazza, sounds like I would have got in a sticky mess! I'll hang on until I get some rice paper.