1 cup sugar, confectioners
1 cup almond paste
3 egg whites
1/2 tsp salt
Directions
Beat egg whites until stiff. Mix thoroughly with almond paste and
salt. Add sugar and beat thoroughly. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto
slightly oiled baking sheet. Bake in moderate oven (375 F) about 15
minutes. Remove from oven. Set baking sheet on wet towel for a few
minutes. Remove macaroons with a wide spatula. The almond paste may
be made by pounding 2 1/2 cups shelled blanched almonds until a paste
is formed.
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Servings: 36 cookies
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The History of Recipes
It is possible to track the history of written recipes way back into the distant past, in fact as far back into recorded history as ancient Egypt, and maybe even further. In practice though, mostly, these ancient recipes were just simple pictorial recipes for food preparation.
In fact, the most ancient recipe in existence, according to Professor Solomon Katz, is a series of ancient tablets in Sumerian which describe the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making people feel `wonderful`. Later, there are a couple of books which date from the 1300s - a recipe book called `Forme of Cury`, and another titled `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are a little misleading though, these are unconnected to the indian food that appears on menues today, but rather accounts of the types of meals cooked for the nobility of those days. For the decades that followed, the powerful families of the West strove to serve the most exotic meals, and as a consequence, chefs and their recipes were highly sought after. Notwithstanding that, it wasn`t until the 19th century that haute cuisine and recipe publications became really popular. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and Fannie Farmer in the US, devoted much of their lives to collecting, verifying, and writing down the recipes that were being prepared for the better households. By the time we get to the 1900s, recipe books are greatly in demand mostly due to more people being able to read, leisure time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this Almond Macaroons recipe.
