Almond Diamonds

Ingredients

• 80 g orange zest (finely chopped)
• Juice and zest of three oranges (unprocessed)
• 2 Eggs
• 250 g sugar
• 400 g ground almond kernels
• 2 tbsp pistachios (chopped)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Beat the eggs with 150 g sugar until fluffy, fold in almonds, orange zest, and orange zest, mix well, then roll out between plastic wrap to about 1 cm thickness, cut dough into diamonds, place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake in preheated oven at 160°C for about 12 minutes. (Bake in two batches if needed)

2. 2.

   Boil the remaining sugar with orange juice and simmer for about 5 minutes until sparkling, remove from heat and let cool. Soak the cookies in the prepared orange syrup, sprinkle with pistachios and allow to dry for about 2 days.