Giteau d'Amandes

Ingredients

• several eggs
• the same weight of flour
• the same weight of butter
• the same weight of white sugar
• the same weight of sweet almonds
• a little lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   Weigh several eggs in their shells, add the same weight of flour, butter and white sugar.

2. 2

   Pound the same weight of sweet almonds in a mortar with a little lemon juice.

3. 3

   Beat the eggs, whites and yolks, together, add them to the almonds, then the other ingredients.

4. 4

   Mix all smoothly together.

5. 5

   Batter a shallow mould and pour in the mixture.

6. 6

   Bake in the oven for twenty minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The profession of cookery, from a French point of view (1894) by Lucy H. Yates, page 73. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Giteau d'Amandes. Weigh several eggs in their shells, add the same weight of flour, butter and white sugar. Pound the same weight of sweet almonds in a mortar with a little lemon juice

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