Almond pipe spears

Name: almond pipe spears
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 250 g white almonds; 280 g powdered sugar; 1 el Cointreau (or other orange liqueur); 2,5 el Metaxa (or vieux); 20 cloves

A nice Mediterranean recipe. The vegetarian dessert contains the following ingredients: plain almonds, powdered sugar, Cointreau (or other orange liqueur), Metaxa (or vieux) and cloves.

Ingredients

Kitchen Stuff

clean tea towel without detergent smells
food processor
plastic foil

Directions

(Must be a day in advance): Grind almonds in a food processor powder. Almond powder in metal bowl. Add: 250 g icing sugar, 1 to 2 tbsp water, Cointreau and Metaxa. Mix thoroughly until uniform, cohesive mixture. Almond paste to form ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Leave a day in the refrigerator.
Each time, create 1 tsp almond paste from the ball and form a small pear from it; keep the rest packaged. Put cloves as stalks in pears. Sprinkle pears on clean tea towel and some sugar powder left over. Turn pears halfway. Store in well-fitting box or drum until used.