Delicious Almond Cream Filling (Creme d'Amande)
- 140 grams Butter (unsalted if possible)
- 50 to 70 grams Powdered sugar (or other kind of sugar)
- 140 grams Almond flour
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tbsp A. Rum (optional)
- 1 A. Almond essence (if you have some)
- Beat the eggs, and heat gently in a bowl suspended over lukewarm water (that's a bit cooler than a hot bath).
- This is to prevent the egg from separating later.
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- Sift the almond powder- a fine mesh sieve is fine.
- Sift the powdered sugar separately, too.
- Leave out the butter to come to room temperature, or warm it up in a microwave.
- Beat with a whisk until creamy.
- Add the sifted powdered sugar to the creamed butter, and cream it some more.
- Add the beaten and warmed egg from Step 1 to the creamed sugar and butter from Step 4, little by little, mixing well.
- *Add it little by little to prevent it from separating.
- Add the almond flour to the mixture and mix.
- There's no need to fold it in carefully or anything.
- Add any of the A. ingredients to taste, and the almond cream is done.
- The usual way to use this cream is to fill a tart made with pate sucree (sweet shortcrust pastry) and to bake it.
- (The photo shows an almond cheese tart.)
- For a 21cm diameter tart, bake at 180C for 40 to 50 minutes.
- An 8cm diameter tart takes about 20 to 25 minutes.
- For this version, I baked it with some well drained canned peaches on top.
- Try citrus fruit or any other fruit on top too.
- This is a tart with bananas and walnuts in the cream.
- When it's sliced it looks like this.
- It has a wonderful almond fragrance and is very moist.
- This is a "stick cake" made by spreading 2-3 cm of the cream on top of cookie dough before baking.
- Try rolling up bread dough with this cream- delicious!
- You can use it in many ways.
- Please enjoy it in different variations.
- This is a tart filled with this cream -"Florentine Amandine".
- It includes the directions for making the "stick cake" in step 12 too.
- is a popular cheese version of this almond cream.
- It's delicious too, so please give it a try.
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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/149892-delicious-almond-cream-filling-creme-damande (may not work)