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ALMOND PASTE [8 records]

Record 1 2018-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
  • Food Industries
CONT

Open dough and brush beaten egg over half the surface of dough then place almond paste on top of the egg-washed half. Continue to egg-wash the other half of the dough and fold over to cover the almond paste. Using the cookie cutter roller, cut the dough lining up the folded edge to the inside edge of the roller. Brush the top of each cookie with egg yolk wash, place the halved almonds on each cookie and brush with the rest of the egg yolk wash.

Key term(s)
  • coat with egg

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

En cuisine, avant cuisson au four, badigeonner une pâte à l'œuf battu avec un soupçon d'eau ou de lait.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas culinarias
  • Industria alimentaria
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Record 2 2018-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
  • Pastries
CONT

Marzipan is generally regarded as an almond paste, and with it and other nut pastes binders are not usually added.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
  • Pâtisserie
DEF

Pâtisserie faite avec amandes, sucre et blancs d'œufs, coloriée et parfumée et façonnée en forme de petits fours [...]

CONT

On classe aussi dans la catégorie des bonbons [...] les pâtes de fruits, un certain nombre de massepain [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pastries
  • Restaurant Menus
DEF

A little rectangular almond cake.

CONT

The finest have a firm, crusty exterior and a moist, almondy interior, tasting almost as if they were filled with almond paste. Next to the madeleine, the financier is probably the most popular little French cake, common street food for morning or afternoon snacking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtisserie
  • Menus (Restauration)
DEF

Petit gâteau rectangulaire, moelleux et fondant [qui] peut s'agrémenter de zestes d'agrumes, de fruits rouges ou encore de chocolat, de vanille et de pistaches.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Repostería
  • Menú (Restaurantes)
OBS

Bizcocho de origen francés, suave, delicado, que contiene almendra molida y que puede tener diferentes rellenos. Debe su nombre a la pastelería "Lasne", situada al lado de la bolsa de valores parisina.

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Record 4 2014-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fatty Substances (Food)
  • Oilseed Crops
CONT

Almond butter is made by crushing and smoothing almonds into a paste. Almonds are a highly nutritious food. By eating almonds or almond butter, you get vitamin E, potassium, magnesium, iron, calcium and phosphorus. Almonds are a good fiber source and also contain protein.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)
  • Culture des plantes oléagineuses
CONT

Les utilisations du beurre d'amandes sont aussi variées que celles du beurre d'arachides. Il peut être utilisé comme tartinade, mélangé aux sauces et aux sauces à salades, consommé tel quel ou incorporé aux recettes de biscuits et de desserts.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
DEF

To spread out pastry or any other mixture(puff pastry, short pastry, sweet pastry, almond paste, etc.) with the aid of a rolling-pin in one uniform strip of varying thinness.

OBS

In the case of a biscuit or sponge, we say that it is divided in slices of the same thickness, or abaisses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
DEF

Étaler à l'aide d'un rouleau une pâte ou une composition quelconque (pâte feuilletée, brisée, sucrée, aux amandes, etc.), en une couche uniforme plus ou moins mince.

OBS

S'il s'agit d'un biscuit ou d'une génoise, on ne dira pas qu'on l'abaisse, mais qu'on la partage en une ou plusieurs tranches de même épaisseur ou abaisses.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas culinarias
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Record 6 2007-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pastries (Cooking)
CONT

The Almond Cake... ingredients are simple : butter, sour cream, baking soda, flour, sea salt, sugar, almond paste, 4 egg yolks, almond extract and confectioner's sugar for dusting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtisserie (Art culinaire)

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Pastries (Cooking)
DEF

Rich high-class biscuits, usually of almond paste, served as part of dessert at dinner. Originally a rout was a large evening party or reception, hence the name for dainty little biscuits served to the guests...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Pâtisserie (Art culinaire)

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Pastries
DEF

A paste made by cooking sweet and bitter almonds which have been ground and blanched in combination with sugar. It consists approximately of two parts almond to one part sugar. It is used in pastries and cakes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Pâtisserie
OBS

amandes d'Aboukir (...) petit four, fait en pâte d'amandes, parfumée au kirsch, colorée en vert, façonnée en forme d'amande verte, fourrée d'une amande mondée.

Spanish

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