Ingredients:
90 gm – Granulated sugar
70 gm – Almond powder
2 Nos – Egg whites
25 gm – Candied orange
25 gm – Icing sugar (sugar for the meringue)
Preparation of the recipe:
Amaretti with orange – Step 1
1 – Confit the oranges (same weight in sugar as fruit and cook covered with water) slow cooking for about twenty minutes ..
Amaretti with orange – Step 2
2 – When the oranges are candied they are allowed to drain well and during this time all the ingredients are combined.
Amaretti with orange – Step 3
3 – Place the sugar, oranges and almond powder in the device here a robot cutter.
Amaretti with orange – Step 4
4 – Add the egg white and mix to obtain an orange marzipan.
Amaretti with orange – Step 5
5 – Mount the other white in snow and tighten with the sugar.
Amaretti with orange – Step 6
6 – Incoroporate almond paste with orange and meringue using a spatula.
Amaretti with orange – Step 7
7 – Without stirring, only by cutting and limiting the crushing of the bubbles.
Amaretti with orange – Step 8
8 – Plate on parchment paper with a sleeve pocket staggered and in a small pile of 1 cm in circumference.
Amaretti with orange – Step 9
9 – Leave to crust several hours as for macaroons! In the morning for cooking in the evening or the day before for the next day. Magical, the amalgam does not spread thinly, it already shines … Sprinkle generously with icing sugar.
Amaretti with orange – Step 10
10 – Christophe Felder shows in his book that we must pinch the macaroons. Personally I chose to leave them well round to see … Cooking 10 minutes at 180 ° C. Out of the oven the amaretti must be blond.
Amaretti with orange – Step 11
11 – A little water under the foil after cooking will allow to take off the amaretti after cooling keeping the base moist and slightly sticky which allows to glue them without other filling.
Amaretti with orange – Step 12
12 – Let dry 1 hour before tasting; o) Excellent. The taste of candied orange is pleasant without being dominant. Successful test and book to advise.
A few words on the recipe:
Great. Great success!
Small precision: Here we had confit slices of orange just for the recipe which explains the short cooking time since it is an immediate use. However, be careful to drain them before using them so that they do not bring too much moisture to the preparation.
If you have already candied orange slices it’s even better. You can also use candied zests.
