When buying confectionery products, expectations are not always justified - the type of filling, its quantity, texture, all this can cause real indignation among the sweet tooth. You can make real chocolates with candied fruits and almonds at home.
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You will need
- - 150 g of any chocolate
- - 1 egg
- - lemon juice
- - 15 candied fruits
- - 150 g almonds
- - 100 g of powdered sugar
Instruction manual
1
Boil the almonds for several minutes in water, then cool the nuts and carefully remove the thin film. Put the almonds in a dry frying pan and dry over low heat. Pour the nuts into a blender and grind thoroughly until the crumbs consistency.
2
In a separate bowl, mix a teaspoon of lemon juice, chopped almonds and powdered sugar. Whisk the protein to the consistency of a lush cream and mix with the almond mass. The mixture should be thick and sticky. Form from it 15 parts.
3
Make “pancakes” from each almond blank, put one candied fruit in the center of each and form a ball. Put the candies on a plate and refrigerate for 30-40 minutes.
4
Melt the chocolate in a water bath. You can use several types, for example, bitter, white and milk chocolate. If you melt them separately, you can make different types of shells for sweets.
5
Dip the almond balls in melted chocolate so that their entire surface is covered with a sweet mixture. Lay the blanks on a wire rack and wait for the chocolate to solidify. Chocolate candies can be decorated with strips of colored glaze on top.