Macaroon jelly bars recipe

Macaroon Jelly Bars recipe

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Ingredients

	For the dough:
150 g	butter
60 g	icing sugar
1 packet(s)	vanilla sugar
45 g	almonds
150 g	all-purpose flour
1	egg yolk
1 pinch(es)	salt
	To garnish:
200 g	almond paste
2	egg whites
15 g	butter
50 g	icing sugar
10 g	all-purpose flour
250 g	red currant jelly

Instructions

Knead together the ingredients for the dough, cover and set aside.

Crumble the almond paste and mix with the egg whites until smooth. Fold in melted butter, icing sugar and 10 g flour. Set aside in a cool place.

Preheat the oven to 170°C.

Roll out the dough on a well-floured surface 3mm thick. Cut the dough into 6 long stripes. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and transfer the stripes onto it.

Fill the above prepared almond paste mixture in a piping bag with a star-shaped nozzle. Extrude the filling along the longitudinal borders of the stripes on the baking tray. Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 15 minutes.

Gently heat the red currant jelly and fill it between the still hot stripes of the marzipan borders. Allow the stripes to cool completely. Cut into 2 cm bars.

Store in an airtight container.

Preparation time:
ca. 1 hr
Grade of difficulty:
medium
Calories per portion:
n/a