Moroccan

Qrichlate

Fez & North·Medium·30 min

拇指盖大小的圆形杏仁酥饼,表面撒芝麻,口感酥脆。是摩洛哥茶点和宴席拼盘里的小品,一口一个。

杏仁小钮是摩洛哥茶点和宴席拼盘里的小品,拇指盖大小的圆形酥饼,用杏仁粉、面粉、黄油和芝麻做成,一口一个。它的制作需要耐心:每个小钮只有拇指盖大,一盘要搓几十个。它在婚礼和节庆的甜点拼盘里与其他甜点并排,是最小也最朴素的一种。杏仁小钮反映了摩洛哥甜点文化中对精致小巧的追求,一块饼一口吃完,配一口茶,正好。这种甜点与已有的酥松杏仁酥同属杏仁酥饼家族,但小钮更小更朴素。

酥脆、杏仁香、芝麻微咸,一口一个,配茶最相宜。

杏仁粉的油脂使酥饼酥脆而不硬,芝麻在表面烘烤后释出坚果香。每个小钮的大小须一致,才能烤制均匀。低温慢烤使酥饼干燥酥脆而不上重色。

Variations

有的加一撮盐提味。蘸半边巧克力是现代版。用开心果粉代替杏仁粉变体。

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Ingredients

Serves 24

How it's made

5 steps · 30 min

  1. 1
    10 min

    Mix 1.5 cups ground almonds, 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup melted butter, 1/3 cup sugar, 1 tbsp orange-blossom water, 1 egg, 1 tsp baking powder into a dough.

  2. 2
    8 min

    Roll into tiny balls the size of a thumbnail.

    Watch out

    Roll the balls all the same thumbnail size — uneven ones bake unevenly, some raw while others scorch.

  3. 3
    5 min

    Dip the top in sesame seeds.

  4. 4
    7 min

    Bake at 160 degrees C for 15 min until pale golden.

    Watch out

    Bake low and slow just to pale gold — high color means dry and hard, the almond richness gone.

  5. 5
    2 min

    Cool; serve with tea.

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