Spiced Almond Paste Wreath with Cardamom
 
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Serves: 2 wreaths
Ingredients
  • For the almond paste
  • 250 grams almonds, without skin
  • 250 grams sugar
  • 1 egg, whisked
  • 1 lemon
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder
  • Sheets of puff pastry, thawed (I used 4 because at my grocery store you get these square sheets. You might however need 2 if yours are big rectangular sheets)
  • 250 grams almond paste
  • 1 egg, whisked
  • handful of skinned almond slices for decoration
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F.
  2. To prepare the almond spice, wash the lemon and dry it. Grate the rind off and grind with the almonds till very fine, in your kitchen machine. Add the sugar and grind again till extremely fine. Squeeze the juice of the lemon and mix with the almond sugar. Add the whisked egg and mix till you get a smooth paste. Lastly add the cardamom powder.
  3. Put the almond spice paste in a clean box and let sit in the refrigerator for at least one hour. Overnight is better.
  4. On a lightly floured surface roll out your puff pastry as thin as you can.
  5. Take the almond spice from the refrigerator and make a roll around 1 inch thick. It needs to be shorter in width than your rolled out puff pastry sheet.
  6. Place the almond spice roll on the dough and fold the pastry around it, till it comes together.
  7. Now take both ends and bring them together forming an 'O' or a wreath. Make the ends stick by adding a little water.
  8. Place the wreath on a baking sheet lined by parchment paper.
  9. Brush the entire wreath with egg and throw on the almond slices on top.
  10. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or till your wreath is nice and brown.
  11. Serve with tea!
Recipe by Box of Spice at https://boxofspice.com/2015/12/spiced-almond-paste-wreath-with-cardamom/