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Millionaire’s amber shortbread
20 ingredients
2 hr + 1 hr
Makes 12 squares
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This takes millionaire’s shortbread to another level entirely: almond shortbread stuck to homemade marzipan with an apricot and amaretto jam, topped with popping candy and gold leaf-topped-chocolate ganache.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
926
Calories
22g
Protein
33g
Fat
134g
Carbs
Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Leaf | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 100g/3½oz dried apricots
- 1½ tbsp dark muscovado sugar
- 2 gelatine
- 5 tbsp amaretto liqueur
- 60g/2¼oz butter or margarine
- 30g/1oz golden caster sugar
- 15g/½oz ground almonds
- ½ tsp almond extract
- 80g/3oz plain flour
- 140g/5oz icing sugar
- 225g/8oz ground almonds
- squeeze lemon juice
- 1 medium free-range egg
- drop almond extract
- 120g/4½oz dark chocolate
- 120g/4½fl oz double cream
- 12g/⅓oz liquid glucose
- 100g/3½oz dark chocolate
- popping candy
- gold leaf (optional)
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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