428235 maids of honor tortes
15 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | tablespoons | Butter |
| 1½ | cup | Flour |
| 1 | tablespoon | Sugar |
| 4 | To 5 tbsp. ice water | |
| FILLING: | ||
| 2 | Egg yolks | |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Blanched almonds, pulverized |
| 1 | tablespoon | Flour |
| 1 | tablespoon | Grated orange peel |
| 2 | tablespoons | Whipping cream |
Directions
Pastry: In large mixing bowl, cut butter in flour until coarse crumbs. Add sugar; toss with water, 1 tablespoon at a time until forms ball. Refrigerate.
Filling: Beat egg yolks with sugar, almonds, flour and orange peel.
Add cream; beat until smooth; set aside. On lightly floured board roll out pastry to ¼ inch thick; cut into 3 inch circles. Grease and flour medium muffin pan cups. Gently fit pastry circle into each cup. Spoon about 1 fat tablespoon filling into each cup, filling to ⅛ inch from top. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until filling is light golden brown. Cool on wire racks.
Submitted By BARRY WEINSTEIN On 04-02-95