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Almond Comfits

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Sift the almonds in a cane or wicker sieve.

  2. Remove any shell pieces and almonds that are very small or very large.

  3. Use almonds that are as close to the same size as possible.

  4. Place the almonds in a comfit pan.

  5. If desired, coat them with dissolved gum Arabic.

  6. Proceed to make the comfits as you would for Scotch caraways.

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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