Mazarinermazarines Recipes

MAZARINER

Steps:

• Add the almonds in a large bowl of water at 100 F (40°C), cover and let soak for 8 hours.

MAZARIN TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Pastry:.
• Stir together sugar and flour, cut in butter in small pieces and rub with your fingers until evenly mixed, with a fork stir in egg yolk then compress mixture with your hands until it holds together.
• Use the pastry to line a 9" springform pan, pressing dough up sides about 1"
• Filling.
• Break almond paste into small pieces, put in mixer bowl, mix in sugar and flour until combined, add the eggs and egg white one at a time blending smoothly, then mix in the almond extract.
• Pour the filling into your pastry lined pan, bake for 70 minutes (check at 60) or until top is golden brown ,.
• Let cool 5 minutes while you make the glaze.
• Glaze
• Blend powdered sugar smoothly with milk, spread over top of the tart.
• When tart is cool remove the rim and serve. Tart can be store for 2 days in an airtight container or freeze for longer storage.
• Note s.
• For a little less sweetness, you can skip the glaze.
• If making individual tarts bake for 30 minutes until richly browned on top.

SWEDISH MAZARIN TORTE OR MAZARINS

Steps:

• Combine butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and flour and stir until smooth.
• Place dough in refrigerator for one hour.
• To make filling, combine butter and sugar until smooth. Add almonds, eggs and food coloring and mix until well blended.
• Butter an 8 inch pie tin.
• Remove dough from refrigerator and roll out to fit the pie tin and then spread the filling evenly over the crust.
• Bake in a slow oven - 250F - for 30 minutes. Cool in the tin.
• When cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar or spread with a simple icing (1/2 c powdered sugar and 1 tablespoons water).
• OPTIONAL: you can make these into small tarts instead. Follow same steps but bake in 375F oven for 20 minutes. These are called Mazarins.