To go with the Sour Cherry Filling I made the other day I searched for a recipe for an almond filling.
I found one in Baking With Julia. I was inspired by this recipe. A pretty awesome book.
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| Almond Filling |
For this recipe I used:
1 Cup of sliced Almonds
1/2 Cup of Icing Sugar
2 Tablespoons of Unsalted Butter – room temperature
1/2 Teaspoon of Almond Extract
1 Large Egg – beaten
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| Almond Filling – The Ingredients |
In my food processor I added the almonds, butter, and icing sugar.
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| Almond Filling – Almonds, Icing Sugar, and Butter |
I processed the almonds as much as I could without turning it into almond butter.
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| Almond Filling – Processed as Finely as you can |
I added the egg and almond extract
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| Almond Filling – Adding the Extract and Egg |
And processed again until well blended.
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| Almond Filling – It’s Ready! |
With the egg… you need to use this right away.
Baker’s Notes:
- this is a small batch recipe if you have a small insert bowl for your food processor, or a mini food processor, use it
- this pretty close to marzipan, but in my opinion tastes better
- use immediately
