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Paste: Almond Paste




Source of Recipe


Barbara


Recipe Introduction


Use in cookies,coffee cakes or in other pastries and desserts.


List of Ingredients




1 lb blanched almond
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 cup water
2 cups sugar


Recipe



1. Force blanched almonds through fine blade of food chopper 4x or whirl in electric blender.Add lemon juice.Cook water and sugar until candy thermometer registers 240*F,or until a small amount of mixture dropped into cold water forms a soft ball.add to ground almonds.mix well.When cool enough to handle,knead until smooth.cool.

2. Pack in jar;cover& store in refrigerator for at least 1 week to ripen.

YIELD: Makes about 2 pounds.


NOTE: If almond paste is too stiff to handle after storage, place in top part of double boiler and heat over hot NOT boiling,water until sufficiently soft to handle.