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Ingredients
9 oz marzipan
1 egg, lightly beaten
8—12 sheets fib pastry
Melted butter, for brushing |
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1. |
Preheat the
oven to 375°F. |
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2. |
Knead the
marzipan until soft and pliable.
Put it the marzipan a mixing bowl.
Mix in the lightly beaten egg.
Chill in the refrigerator for 1—2 hours. |
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3. |
Lightly
grease a baking sheet.
Place a sheet of fib pastry on a piece of greaseproof
(waxed) paper.
Brush the
pastry with the melted butter.
Keep the remaining pastry covered with a damp cloth.
Shape 2—3 tbsp of the almond paste into a cylinder.
Place at one end of the pastry.
Fold the pastry over to enclose the ends of the paste.
Then roll up to form a cigar shape.
Place baking sheet.
Make 7—11 more cigars in the same way. |
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4. |
Bake the
pastries in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes, or
until golden brown in color. Transfer to a wire rack to
cool before serving. |
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5. |
To serve,
sprinkle the pastries with a little icing confectioners’
sugar.
Serve with strong black coffee, black tea or traditional
sweet Moroccan mint tea. |
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