Posted by Gerard on July 13, 1997 at 08:49:58:
In Reply to: Neopolotan cookies recipe posted by Joan Ross on July 11, 1997 at 21:03:07:
: Here is what I was looking for sent to me by an Italian baker. So I share it with you. He makes these for weddings and holidays. Here is a reduced recipe.
: 8 oz almond paste
: 1 cup butter
: 1 cup sugar
: 4 egg yolks
: 2 cups all purpose flour
: 4 egg whites
: red food color
: green food color
: seedles raspberry jam
: apricot preserves
: chocolate coating:
: 6 oz chocolate chips
: 6 tbs butter
: Grease bottom of 3, 9 x 13 pans, line with wax paper and grease again.
: Break up almond paste with fork. Put into mixer and add butter and cream well. Add sugar and yolks and blend. Mix at medium speed until light and fluffy.
: With spoon, stir in flour to blend.
: In another bowl beat egg whites to soft peaks. Add to butter egg mixture and blend by hand.
: Remove 1 1/2 cups batter to another bowl and tint pink with red food color. Turn into prepared pan, spreading evenly. To another 1 1/2 cups batter add green food color to tint and spread into prepared pan. Put remaining batter( untinted ) into third pan.
: Bake at 350 10 to 12 minutes or edges brown. Cool 5 minutes and loosen edges and invert onto rack and let cool completely,
: Spread raspberry jam over green layer, top with yellow later, spread on apricot preserves and top with pink layer. Make sure that smooth surface of pink layer is the top surface.Cover with plastic and hold overnight or you can finish after cake has set a while with the jam. Melt chocolate with butter. Trim edges with sharp knife and square off the 3 layered piece. It should measure 1 inch high. Divide into strips ( short length ) 2 inches wide and cut.don't separate yet.
: Pour on melted choclate over to cover tops and sides. Let chocolate set and dry.
: Slice into 3/4 inch slices or pieces. Approx 50 cookies. May be frozen.
: Note: he said one could add chocolate sprinkles over choclate coating before it sets.
: and you could tint white layer yellow if you wish.
Theres no difference between this recipe and the one I gave you. alm paste, sugar and flour in 1-2-3 ratio, bind with yolk.
The rest is window dressing.
The ratios are the same as they ought be except yours is measured in cups and spoons. So did you try it yet?