Oysters

• 6 ounces shortcrust pastry
• 2 12 ounces margarine
• 2 12 ounces caster sugar
• 3 ounces ground almonds
• 1 egg (beaten)
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 12 tablespoons strawberry jam
• 4 ounces butter (room temperature)
• 4 ounces icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Roll out the pastry and use this to line greased patty tins.
2. Cream the margarine with the sugar.Stir in the ground almonds,beaten egg and almond extract/essence.Place a spoonful of this mixture into each lined patty tin and bake for 20 minutes at 375deg F.Cool on a wire rack.
3. Once cold, carefully scoop out the almond filling.
4. Fill the cases with jam and butter cream and replace the almond filling.Dust with icing sugar.
5. BUTTER CREAM:.
6. Beat the butter with the icing sugar and stir in the vanilla extract/essence.

shortcrust pastry, margarine, sugar, ground almonds, egg, almond, strawberry jam, butter, icing sugar, vanilla

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/oysters-179674 (may not work)