Walnut delicacy

Name: Walnut delicacy
Total time: 1 h
Yield: about 26 pieces
Cuisine: Hungarian
Ingredients: 250 g blanched almonds, finely ground; 250 g icing sugar; 1 egg yolk; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp water; 30 g dark chocolate; about 6 tbsp thick jam (apricot or redcurrant); 1 pinch salt

Time: 1 hourabout 26 piecesapprox. 95 kcal / serving (estimated)approx. 2 g protein / serving

Walnut sweets are one of the loveliest old Hungarian Christmas confections: marzipan-like almond dough shaped like walnuts, sandwiched with jam. Flour-free and no baking needed. The contrast of white and chocolate halves looks especially pretty on a platter.

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Method

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Knead the almonds with the icing sugar, egg yolk, lemon juice and salt on a board or in a bowl. If too dry, add 1 tbsp water. You should get a smooth, non-sticky, shapeable marzipan-like dough.
From the dough shape about 26 half-walnut-sized pieces, forming a half walnut by gently flattening with your fingertips.
Set aside about one third of the dough. Melt the chocolate over steam and work it into that dough.
From the chocolate dough shape similar half-walnut pieces.
Sandwich a white and a chocolate half together with thick jam, like the two halves of a walnut.
Let them rest overnight so the outside dries. Keep in a closed tin for 2 weeks.

Based on: Malatinszky Fanny szakácskönyve (a classic Hungarian cookbook), modernised. Calories and protein are estimated.

Tips

Use very finely ground almonds so it is smooth.
If sticky, dust with a little icing sugar.
The jam should be thick so it does not run.
Flour-free and gluten-free.

Frequently asked questions

How long does it keep?

In a closed tin for 2 weeks.

Should I buy marzipan?

It can also be made quickly with ready marzipan.

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