Almond Pears -- Amygthalota
- 1 lb blanched almond
- 1 cup sugar
- 5 tablespoons cream of wheat semolina
- 1 lb confectioners' sugar
- 1 1/2 cups orange flower water
- butter
- clove
- Place almonds and 2 tablespoons sugar in food processor. Pulse until fine. Put almonds is large bowl.
- Add remaining sugar, semolina, and 6 tablespoons orange flower water. Knead this mixture, in bowl, to a soft dough. Add 1-2 additional tablespoons orange flower water, if dough is too stiff.
- Break off small pieces, the size of a golf ball and shape into pears. At the end of each, insert 1 clove for the stem.
- Arrange upright on a buttered and floured baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes at 300u0b0F
- Cool on wire rack. When the pears are completely cool, give them a quick dip in orange flower water and quickly coat them in confectioner's sugar. After a few minutes coat them again in confectioner's sugar.
blanched almond, sugar, cream of wheat semolina, sugar, orange flower, butter, clove
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/almond-pears-amygthalota-422543 (may not work)