Food lovers know that there are ingredients, as if specially created for each other. So the taste of macaroons perfectly complements the light sourness of cherries. Cherry, soaked in rum, allows you to turn this baby treat into an adult dessert.
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You will need
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- Amaretti with Cherry
- 2 1/4 cups peeled unroasted almonds;
- 2/3 cup sugar;
- protein from 2 large eggs;
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt;
- 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract;
- 1/4 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract;
- 30 glazed cherries
- soaked in rum.
- Almond and Cherry Cookies
- 50g whole almonds;
- 50 g of dried cherries;
- 100 g of soft butter;
- 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar;
- 100 ml of dark rum;
- 175 g wheat flour:
- 100 g of powdered sugar.
Instruction manual
1
Amaretti with Cherry
Grind almonds with sugar in a food processor. Get finely ground. Get egg white in advance. It should be at room temperature. Beat the protein and salt until soft peaks with an electric mixer, gradually increasing speed, reduce the speed of the mixer to medium and pour sugar in a thin stream. Increase the speed to maximum and beat the squirrels to hard peaks. Add ground almonds and a mixture of vanilla and almond extract to the proteins.
2
Cover the baking sheet with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 170 ° C. Using a baking bag, drop 30 almond dough balls 2.5 centimeters in diameter each at a distance of about 2 centimeters from each other. Garnish each cookie with cherry berries. Bake cookies until golden brown for about 25 minutes.
3
Almond and Cherry Cookies
Cut dried cherry into strips and soak in rum in advance. Preheat the oven, put the almonds on a baking sheet covered with baking paper and fry it for 5-10 minutes until it turns pale golden. Beat butter, sugar, a spoonful of rum and a pinch of salt together, then add flour and knead the dough. Dry the cherries. Cut the almonds into large pieces and mix together with the cherry in the dough.
4
Gently roll the dough on a well-floured surface with a layer of 4-5mm thick and cut out a cookie with a mold about 3-4cm in diameter. Put cookies on a baking sheet with baking paper and freeze for 20-30 minutes in a freezer. You can leave the frozen cookies stored in the freezer for up to 2 months and bake them as needed.
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Bake cookies in the oven, heated to 175 ° C for about 20 minutes, these cookies will not turn golden - do not wait for this moment. Put the cookies on a wire rack and sprinkle with powdered sugar while it is still warm. Powdered sugar will melt and create a white crust. Sprinkle the powder extremely generously so that the cookies are completely white. You can store such cookies in an airtight container for no longer than 2 days, then it loses its appearance and taste.