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Almond Shavings

4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 g almonds (blanched, sliced)
• 200 g sugar
• 2 pcs egg whites
• lemon zest (grated) (a little)
• cinnamon (a little)
• 2 pcs cloves (ground)
• 1 tbsp orange blossom water
• wafers (as needed)

Instructions

1. Stir egg whites, sugar, spices, and orange blossom water into a thick mixture, then combine with the almonds.
2. Spread the dough thinly onto wafers, about the thickness of a knife blade.
3. Cut into finger-long, two-finger-wide pieces and bake at low heat.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.