Kymi Almond Sweets

Name: Kymi Almond Sweets
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 grams blanched almond flour; 1 cup granulated sugar (220 grams); 2 vanilla beans; 2 egg whites, whipped to meringue; 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs (15 grams); 8 tablespoons rose water for kneading (80 ml); Rose water for sprinkling on the almond sweets; 250 grams powdered sugar for dusting

Zoe Tsomaka @zoe_tsomaka

White, snowy, filled with ground almonds, sugar, rose water, and a story and a place that follows them... the word is one, but their name is famous... Almond Sweets. Their shapes vary from place to place. Due to their white color, which comes from the dusting of powdered sugar, these sweets are associated with joy. They are a treat traditionally offered at weddings, engagements, baptisms, and celebrations. The almond sweets from Kymi are renowned and famous. Flavored with rose water and made with a traditional recipe (this one is my grandmother's) that captivates with both their taste and shape. After baklava, they are the second sweet for which Kymi is known. They have always been offered to welcome new lives, new names, new beginnings...

Zoe Tsomaka @zoe_tsomaka

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Ingredients

500 gramsblanched almond flour
1 cupgranulated sugar (220 grams)
2vanilla beans
2egg whites, whipped to meringue
2 tablespoonsbreadcrumbs (15 grams)
8 tablespoonsrose water for kneading (80 ml)
Rose water for sprinkling on the almond sweets
250 gramspowdered sugar for dusting

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Steps

1

Take the blanched almonds and roast them in a preheated oven for 15 minutes at 350°F (to lightly roast them).
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Once cooled, grind them in a food processor. They should be ground very finely, like powder.
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Place the ground almonds in a bowl and add the sugar, vanilla beans, and breadcrumbs.
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Mix the ingredients. Take the eggs and separate the egg whites from the yolks. Whip the egg whites to meringue.
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When the egg whites become meringue, fold them into the mixture we prepared earlier.
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Mix, add the rose water, and knead.
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The dough should become pliable. Shape the dough into small balls. Meanwhile, line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 320°F to 350°F.
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Once we shape all the dough into balls, we give them the shape typical of almond sweets from Kymi. We create little feet, as shown in the pictures.
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When we finish shaping them, arrange them on the baking sheet and bake for 4 to 5 minutes, no longer, as they will harden. We want them to be soft.
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Remove them from the oven after 4 to 5 minutes and spray them with rose water.
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Sift the powdered sugar. Place each almond sweet into the powdered sugar one by one.
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Dust each almond sweet with powdered sugar and let them cool completely.
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Once the sweets are cool, wrap them in clear plastic wrap and serve them at our celebrations.
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Good luck!