The almond marquesas are a delicious Christmas sweet traditional from La Mancha lands. Christmas marquesas are small, very juicy and tender cakes with a special almond flavor. They are typical Christmas sweets, the perfect companion for a coffee in the afternoon after a family meal. In addition, these sweets are very easy to prepare, a great idea for these days of so much work in the kitchen.
The only complication of this recipe is finding the square molds, since the original marquesas have a square shape and compact. If you can't find them, don't worry, you can use cupcake pods and a brownie pan. Although if they are rounded, it is not a problem since the important thing is the delicious flavor of these marquesas.
Almond marquesas
Almond marquesas
Author Tony Torres
Kitchen: Spanish
Recipe type: Dessert
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Ingredients
- 250 gr of ground almonds
- 4 eggs
- 40 gr of wheat flour
- 40 gr of corn flour (cornstarch)
- 120 g sugar
- 120 g of icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- the zest of a lemon
Preparation
- We preheat the oven to 180º while we are preparing the marquise dough.
- In a large bowl, add the ground almonds, the icing sugar and the lemon zest.
- Mix gently, with enveloping movements.
- We are adding the eggs one by one, making sure that it is well incorporated before adding the next.
- Now, we mix the flour, the cornstarch and the yeast and add it to the mixture by sifting through a strainer.
- We mix all the ingredients well, once they are well incorporated, a thick dough will remain.
- We prepare the capsules on the oven tray.
- Next, we distribute the mixture over the capsules without it reaching the edge.
- We put the tray in the oven and bake the marquesas for about 12 or 14 minutes.
- Once ready, take out and sprinkle icing sugar before unmolding.
- To finish, we let cool on a rack.
Notes
With the indicated quantities, about 30 units are obtained