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Millionaire’s amber shortbread
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Millionaire’s amber shortbread

20 ingredients 2 hr + 1 hr Makes 12 squares openrecipes

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.

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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 openrecipes

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