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Default ALMOND PASTE MADE AT HOME


"gennarino" > wrote in message
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> "graham"
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> > > Howdy!!! Wondering if anybody has produced successfully almond paste

at
> > home
> > > and has a good recipe.

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> in italy we use a particular kind of almond, the *mandorla amara*.
> You can obtain a simil flavour with apricot's nuts, knowed in Italy as
> "armelline".

They have to be treated to remove the prussic acid. Apricot nuts are
exported by Australia for treatment before turning them into artificial
almond paste/marzipan.
Graham