Denises aux Amandes (Frosted Almond Sandwiches)

Ingredients

• some puff-paste about a quarter of an inch thick
• two long strips about three inches wide
• a thin layer of raspberry or apricot jam
• a layer of cheesecake mixture
• a tablespoonful of vanilla sugar
• one white of egg

Method

1. 1

   Roll out some puff-paste about a quarter of an inch thick.

2. 2

   Cut it into two long strips about three inches wide.

3. 3

   Place one of them on a wetted baking-tin; prick the paste with a fork and spread with a thin layer of raspberry or apricot jam; upon this spread a layer of cheesecake mixture.

4. 4

   Place the other half of pastry carefully upon this, close up the edges with a paste-pincher; brush over with milk, dredge with sugar, and bake in a moderate oven for about ten minutes.

5. 5

   Meanwhile, beat up to a stiff froth one white of egg, add a tablespoonful of vanilla sugar, and spread it over the pastry as soon as it has cooled a little.

6. 6

   Sprinkle over with blanched and shredded almonds, divide into portions of about one and a half inch wide; return to the oven and bake for another ten minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new century cookery book (1901) by Charles Herman Senn, page 530. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

enises aax Amandes (. Frosted Almond Sandwiches). — Roll out some puff-paste about a quarter of an inch thick. Cut it into two long strips about three inches wide. Place one of them on a wetted baking-tin ; prick the paste with a fork and spread with a thin layer of raspberry or apricot jam ; upon this spread a layer of cheese- cake mixture. Place the other half of pastry carefully upon this, close up the edges with a paste-pincher ; brush over with milk, dredge with sugar, and bake in a moderate oven for about ten minutes. Mean- while beat up to a stiff froth one white of egg, add a tablespoonful of vanilla sugar

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