Recipe of Cordiales from Murcia

Ingredients

• 250 gr. ground almonds
• 150 gr. sugar
• 125 gr. angel hair
• The skin of half a lemon, chopped
• 1 beaten egg
• Icing sugar.

Directions

1. 1

   Knead the ground almonds together with the sugar, the beaten egg and the chopped lemon peel until you get a homogeneous mass.

2. 2

   Divide the dough into twenty portions and give them a rounded shape.

3. 3

   Moisten your hands lightly with water, flatten each dough ball, place a teaspoon of angel hair in the center and close the dough so that the filling stays inside, giving them a round shape again.

4. 4

   Bake at 200ºC for about 12 minutes or until golden brown.

5. 5

   Let it cool and sprinkle with icing sugar.