Marzipan-Nuss-Herzen

Ingredients

• 200 g Flour
• 100 g ground walnuts
• 100 g sugar
• Salt
• 1 egg
• 200 g butter
• flour (for work surface)
• 150 g dark chocolate
• 30 peeled walnut kernel halves
• 100 ml milk
• 300 g marzipan raw mass
• 10 ml walnut liqueur
• 80 g powdered sugar
• 1 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

1. 1.

   For the dough, mix flour with ground walnuts, sugar and a pinch of salt. Sprinkle onto the work surface, create a well in the center, crack the egg into it and scatter butter pieces around the well. Quickly knead all ingredients by hand into a smooth dough, shape into a ball and wrap in cling film. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

2. 2.

   Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) with top and bottom heat.

3. 3.

   Roll out the dough on a floured surface to about 0.3 cm thickness and cut out heart shapes. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes.

4. 4.

   Remove, lift the cookies off the parchment with a spatula and let cool.

5. 5.

   Spread half of the cookies with chocolate, top each with a walnut half and allow to dry.

6. 6.

   For the filling, heat milk over low heat and remove from flame. Crumble marzipan into the warm milk and stir until creamy. Let cool, mix in liqueur, and fill a piping bag fitted with a smooth tip.

7. 7.

   Pipe the marzipan cream onto the remaining cookies and cover each with a chocolate heart.

8. 8.

   Whisk powdered sugar with lemon juice, drizzle over the cookies, let dry, and serve.