Saint's Bones

saint's bones

Ingredients icono-ingredientes

*For 20 units approximately.

  • Marzipan

  • 200g Sugar

  • 30g Water

  • 200g Almond flour

  • Lemon zest

  • 1 pinch of Cinnamon

  • Confectioner's custard

  • 10 units Yolks

  • 250g Sugar

  • 63g Water

Directionsicono-elaboración

  • Preparing the marzipan.

  • 1.Mix the almond flour and the cinnamon in a big bowl.

  • 2.Put the sugar together with the water and the lemon zest in a pot. Boil until reaching 112ºC (stringy state). That is, so that when grabbing a drop of caramel with two fingers, it creates a strong and consisten thread, not breaking. Click HERE to see how it is done!

  • 3.Remove the lemon zest and add in the caramel to the almond flour. Mix energetically until it creates a paste. Knead the dough in the bowl or on the table until compact. Shape it into a ball and wrap it in plastic foil.

  • 4.Set aside for 24 hours.

  • Preparing the confectioner's custard.

  • 1.Separate the 10 egg yolks in a bowl.

  • 2.Put the sugar and the water in a pot. Boil until reaching 112ºC (stringy state). That is, so that when grabbing a drop of caramel with two fingers, it creates a strong and consisten thread, not breaking.

  • 3.Pour the caramel over the yolks and whisk it. Immediately after, filter the mixture and put it back into the pot.

  • 4.Cook it, stirring constantly with a spatula, until it thickens.

  • 5.Pour it onto a bowl, cover it with plastic foil and let it cool entirely.

  • Preparing the saint's bones.

  • 1.Fill a pastry bag with the cooled confectioner's custard. Put aside.

  • 2.Dust the table and the marzipan with powdered sugar. Roll out the marzipan as thin as possible. Once you got the desired thickness, cut off the border for a rectangle, and divide into two equal parts.

  • 3.Using a wooden stick, put pressure on the marzipan drawing lines on it.

  • 4.Flip around the marzipan and pour the confectioner's custard throughout both rectangles.

  • 5.Roll the marzipan into a cilinder. Use some water to seal it. Cut off the excess.

  • 6.Cut the cilinder into equal pieces to get the saint's bones.

  • 7.Add together all the leftover dough, shaping it into a marzipan ball, and repeat the process.

  • 8.Place the saint's bones on an oven tray and bake at 200ºC for 3 minutes.

icono-extras
  • *If the marzipan is not compact and homogeneous, add in one egg white and knead until smooth. This way we will get a more even marzipan. In this case, if we add the egg white, we must bake the marzipan.

  • *For this amount of marzipan, half the amount of the confectioner's custard will be enough.

  • *This can also be made without an oven, finishing the recipe just by glazin the saint's bones with powdered sugar and water.

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