Almond Puff Pastry Pies

Name: Almond Puff Pastry Pies
Yield: makes 24 pies
Ingredients: 1 pound puff pastry; Flour, for dusting; 1/3 stick (2 1/2 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted; Confectioners’ sugar; 2 1/2 cups ground almonds; 1 1/4 cups superfine sugar; 3 tablespoons orange blossom water (see page 6)

December 9, 2011

These little pies, which are filled with nuts—almonds, pine nuts, pistachios, or walnuts—can be served with tea or coffee, either dusted with confectioners’ sugar or dipped in syrup. Use commercial fresh or frozen and defrosted puff pastry.

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