‘Beans of the Dead’ pastries
The ‘Beans of the Dead’ pastries are small, tempting treats that are have been handed down for centuries in traditional Italian pastry cooking. Each region has its own recipe and although the original is not known, you shouldn’t miss these almond pastries. They exist in different forms: rounded or elongated, smaller or larger, one colour or several colours obtained with the cocoa liqueur ‘alchermes’ and ‘amaretto’ or bitter almond liqueur.
- Time: 30 min
- Servings: 3
Source: MyItalian.Recipes
Ingredients
- grams of almond flour
- grams of sugar
- grams of "00" flour, White
- grams of butter
- units of egg
- lemon peel
- A tablespoon of bitter cocoa
- A tablespoon of ‘alchermes’ liqueur
- A tablespoon of bitter almond liqueur