Like me, some of you love marcipan. Here's another recipe with marcipan. I have not made it yet, but I do wonder if you can use normal mashed potaoes - I have never ever used instant mashed potatoes and I can't imagine why you would do that.
I've had these in Spain, they're SO yummy, but I think they're sold only at Easter and only in certain parts of Spain.
Panellets de Pinyones
Ingredients:
2 1/4 pounds of raw almonds ( 1 Kg )
2 1/4 pounds of sugar
1 box of instant mashed potatoes (dry)
1 egg
pine nuts
Mash the almonds. Put in a big bowl the mashed almonds, make a hole in the center and add the sugar to the hole. Prepare the mashed potatoes with 2 glasses of almost boiling water and the contents of the box. Pour it (very hot to mix easily ) on top of the sugar and mix everything together until you get a compact paste. Let it rest until the paste is cold. Form the paste into little balls (about 1 inch diameter), soak them with beaten egg, roll them in the pine nuts until covered. Bake at 375 F, 8-10 minutes. You can change the flavors, adding to the paste shredded coconut, instant coffee, cocoa...
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