Banket Bars | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Banket Bars | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

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Dutch logs of almond paste, encased in puff pastry.

Keywords

  • Autumnal
  • Christmas
  • Partytime
  • Winter
  • Comfort
  • Fun
  • Indulgent
  • Nibbly
  • Sociable
  • Sweet
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Ingredients

  • 250 grams blanched almonds
  • 250 grams caster sugar
  • finely grated zest of an unwaxed lemon (you’ll need the juice for the glaze)
  • ⅛ teaspoon / drop or two of rosewater
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 1 large egg
  • pinch of salt
  • 325 or 320 grams ready-rolled all-butter frozen puff pastry (which has been thawed overnight in the fridge)
  • 2 x 270 grams logs of almond paste
  • 2 tablespoons apricot jam
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 30 grams flaked almonds
  • 60 grams icing sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice (or as needed to make a runny icing to zig zag over the banket bars)

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