Makroud el louz

Name: Makroud el louz
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Algérie
Ingredients: 500 g ground blanched almonds; 180 g sugar; 100 g shelled egg; 30 ml lemon juice; 250 g icing sugar; 50 ml food-grade orange blossom water; 50 ml water

Makroud el louz is an almond pastry coated with icing sugar. It is distinct from makroud made with semolina and dates.

Ingredients

500 g ground blanched almonds
180 g sugar
100 g shelled egg
30 ml lemon juice
250 g icing sugar
50 ml food-grade orange blossom water
50 ml water

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 160 °C. Mix the almonds and sugar, then gradually add 15 ml of lemon juice and the egg to obtain a firm dough.

Shape into logs, flatten slightly, and cut twenty-four regular rhombuses.

Place on a lined baking sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the dough sets, without strong coloration. Let cool completely.

Mix the orange blossom water, water, and the remaining 15 ml of lemon. Briefly moisten the cooled rhombuses then drain them.

Coat them with icing sugar and let dry on a rack. The amount of icing sugar prepared is not assimilated to the amount actually retained.