These lovely little almond and orange blossom biscuits are full of Andalucian flavour. Perfect with mint tea.
almond & Orange blossom biscuits
Makes 25 biscuits
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100g caster sugar
100g plain flour
125g ground almonds
150g softened butter
1 egg yolk
3 tsp orange blossom water
Preheat oven to 180 C. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment.
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Add the sugar, flour, ground almonds and diced butter to a food processor. Blitx until is forms breadcrumbs.
Add the egg yolk and orange blossom water and tip onto a clean surface. Knead for a minute or so until smooth. Roll out the dough using a rolling pin to a thickness of about half a cm.
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*I finish the rolling using an embossed rolling pin to give a tile effect*
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Use a 7cm cutter to cut the biscuits, and carefully transfer the biscuits to the baking sheet using a fish slice.
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Bake for 8 mins, until golden at the edges. Leave on the baking sheet for 2 mins before transferring to a wire rack to cool.