Apologies for me vanishing from my blog... Lots of things are happening on the home front and I am, for the time being, quite a busy (BUT very happy) homemaker.
When I was small, I used to beg my parents to buy me these almond puffs whenever we shopped at Maxim's bakery. I have always loved puff pastry but the crispy almond topping was its main appeal. It was so delicious that I always ate up the puff pastry and reserve the crispy topping to devour later...
Makes 12
Ingredients:
- 250g all butter puff pastry
- 1 egg white
- 60g icing sugar
- 50g chopped almonds/almond flakes
Method:
- Preheat oven to 190c.
- Use a rolling pin to flatten the puff pastry to 3cm thick. Cut out 12 3cm x 9cm rectangles. Place them on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment.
- In a bowl, mix egg white and icing sugar together until the sugar is fully dissolved.
- Use a teaspoon to spread the egg white and icing sugar mixture onto each puff pastry and sprinkle the chopped almonds/almond flakes on top.
- Bake for 15 mins and then turn down the heat to 160c and bake for a further 20 minutes. Let them cool in the baking sheet for 5 minutes and remove them from the baking parchment and cool completely on wire rack.
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