This is a traditional Norwegian dessert that you would make for big celebrations such as; weddings, Confirmations and Christmas. It’s made of almonds so it’s gluten free and just so tasty, now if you don’t have the molds make sure to prepare the rings so you can eventually build a tower.
Makes 18 rings, serves around 25-30 people
This is what you need;
- 500g grounded almonds (now you can do this yourself, just buy the almonds and blanch them, remove the skin and let them dry for 24 hours then ground them up in a food processor or a food grinder if you have one with a fine grinder setting)
- 500g icing sugar
- 4 egg whites
For the icing;
- 1/2 egg white
- 75g icing sugar
- 1/2 tsp cointreau (normally we use lemon juice, but I think this is so much nicer)
Let’s get baking!
Start by putting your grounded almonds in a bowl then sift the icing sugar into the bowl, add the egg whites and mix then transfer into a saucepan, heat up and then transfer back into the bowl. Cover and leave in the fridge for at least 12 hours. Everyone has their own way of managing this dough, the ideal way is if you have a food grinder with a star shape setting. If you don’t but you have big muscles you can use a piping bag with a 30mm round tip, or if you are feeling brave you can just roll them out yourself (this is what I did, have patience and a glass of water next to you)
Preheat your oven to 220 degrees, gas mark 5.
You have to make 3×6 different ring sizes, bake of a cookie trey in the middle of the oven for 8 min, then let it cool until you start the icing (just put all the ingredients for the icing in a bowl and mix) then organize the rings and start building, icing every layer as you see fit.
Tip – if the rings starts to get a bit dry put a piece of bread in the bottom of the tower.
Enjoy x
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