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Almond Baskets

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Almond Baskets

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Blanch the Jordan almonds and slice them thinly.

  2. In a small copper pan over the fire, add the sliced almonds and enough prepared liquid color to achieve the desired tint.

  3. Rub the almonds in the pan with your hand until they are completely dry.

  4. Form the colored almonds into a basket shape on an oiled marble slab.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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