428235 maids of honor tortes

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Preparation Time:

20 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Moderate

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

8 tb Butter 1/2 c Sugar
1 1/2 c Flour 1/2 c Blanched almonds,
1 tb Sugar -pulverized
4 To 5 tbsp. ice water 1 tb Flour
FILLING: 1 tb Grated orange peel
2 Egg yolks 2 tb Whipping cream

Pastry: In large mixing bowl, cut butter in flour until coarse
crumbs. Add sugar; toss with water, 1 tablespoon at a time until
forms ball. Refrigerate.

Filling: Beat egg yolks with sugar, almonds, flour and orange peel.
Add cream; beat until smooth; set aside. On lightly floured board
roll out pastry to 1/4 inch thick; cut into 3 inch circles. Grease
and flour medium muffin pan cups. Gently fit pastry circle into each
cup. Spoon about 1 fat tablespoon filling into each cup, filling to
1/8 inch from top. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until
filling is light golden brown. Cool on wire racks.
Submitted By BARRY WEINSTEIN On 04-02-95