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Ingredients
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1
stick plus 2½ tbsp
150 g Butter
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7
Egg yolks
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1¼
cup
150 g Confectioner’s sugar for the yolk mixture
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Salt
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1
cup
plus 3 tbsp
150 g Flour
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Pinch
of Baking powder
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7
Egg whites
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1¼
cup
150 g Confectioner’s sugar for the egg whites
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3.5
oz
100 g Almonds, ground
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3.5
oz
100 g Chocolate, ground
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1
tbsp
Rum
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Butter for the baking sheet
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About 1¼ cup
150 g apricot marmalade
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Some couverture to decorate
Instructions
Preheat oven to 340 °F (170 °C).
Cream the butter with egg yolks, a dash of salt, and sugar.
Fold in flour and baking powder.
Spread on a buttered baking sheet and brush with marmalade.
Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks with confectioner’s sugar and fold in the ground almonds and chocolate.
Flavor with rum.
Spread the egg whites evenly on top of the dough.
Bake for about 35 minutes.
Cut into little squares.
Melt chocolate, fill a parchment paper cone, and pipe thin lines across the schnitten.
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Recipe Category
Dessert
Country
Austria
/
European