Petit Four with Almond in the form of Horseshoe cake

Ingrédients

- The Dough: 

• 600 gr of flour
• 70g of butter 
• 4 large tablespoons of blossom water
• 2 teaspoons of sugar with a pinch of salt 
• little warm water 

- Stuffing: 

• 500 gr of almond 
• 250g of caster sugar 
• 4 tablespoons of melted butter 
• 2 tablespoons of blossom water
• 4 pieces of gum arabic 
• 1 teaspoon of almond extract

-Decoration: 

• 100 grams of crushed almond

instructions

• The Dough : 

Grind almonds after being peeled and fried, add powdered sugar, powdered gum arabic, blossom water, butter and almond extract, mix well, then prepare small beads (10 cm long and 2 cm wide) and put them aside.

• The Stuffing : 

In a bowl place the flour, sugar, butter and flower water, a pinch of salt, mix with warm water to soften the whole, make small balls then go in the special robot to make them in sheet form, cut as a rectangle 10cm long and 2cm wide, put almond fingers in the middle of the dough, fold the dough in the form of a horseshoe (see the photo), coat it ends in the crushed almonds and cook for 15 minutes.