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Amigthalota

Course: Sweets
Cuisine: Greek
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Ingredients

  • 3 cups of almond meal
  • 2 tbsp of apricot jam
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 cup of caster sugar
  • 3 egg whites
  • a pinch of salt
  • flaked almonds
  • whole almonds as garnish

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 150*C
  • Line a baking tray with baking paper
  • Gently whisk the eggs whites and the salt until soft peaks form
  • Combine the egg whites with the almond meal, caster sugar, apricot jam and lemon zest.
  • Transfer spoon sized batches of the mixture onto the baking paper, and then sprinkle with flaked almonds. Alternatively, you can use a piping bag and create little logs, which can then be sprinkled with falked almonds.
  • Baked for 10-15 minutes.
  • Once baked, spread apricot jam on one biscuit or log and sandwich it with another.