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Ingredients
For 1 Batch(es)
For the Torciglione:
- 1 pound ground almonds
- 4 tablespoons ground bitter almonds
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons brandy
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 3 egg whites
- 1 egg yolk
- almonds for decorating
- 2 whole coffee beans
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Directions
- Beat the egg whites.
- Quickly mix the ground almonds with the sugar, the brandy, the egg whites and the flour to obtain a rather firm dough.
- Roll the dough by hand to form a stick about 1 1/2" thick.
- Shape one end in the form of a pointed snake tail and the other end in the form the head.
- Beat the egg yolk and brush it over the entire body of the snake.
- Place the whole almonds with the peel over the entire body to simulate scales.
- Place the two coffee beans on the head to simulate the eyes and an almond in the mouth to simulate the tongue.
- Place the entire dough on a flat baking sheet in a curled shape.
- Bake at 350F for 30 Mins.
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