This easy Almond Paste recipe is made with simple ingredients and comes together quickly - less than 5 minutes! Use it for cakes, desserts and Christmas treats.
1 ¼cup(140g) almond meal (aka ground almonds, grainy blanched almond flour) ideally blanched - no flecks of almond skin
½cup(70g) powdered confectioner's sugar
⅛teaspoonsalt
1egg whitelightly beaten (*see notes for vegan alternatives)
½teaspoonalmond extract
Instructions
Put the almond meal (ground almonds), powdered sugar and salt into a food processor and whiz briefly until it’s well mixed and a little finer.
Add the lightly beaten egg white and the almond extract, then pulse until it’s mixed and forms a ball. If it’s still very sticky, add another tablespoon of powdered sugar and process again.
Your homemade almond paste is now ready to use, or you can wrap it and store it in the fridge for up to 10 days.
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Notes
Almond Meal: this is the main ingredient and can be made from scratch or purchased. It's also known as ground almonds or blanched almond flour (the grainy kind, not powdery). Look for one made with blanched almonds with their darker skins removed. You'll know because the almond meal will be yellow with no dark flecks. Most are sold this way.Vegan: If you would like to make vegan almond paste, simply replace the eggs with honey, corn syrup or even agave nectar. Please note that this will change the consistency of the almond paste a little bit and more powdered sugar may be needed to make it less sticky.
Alternatively, swap the egg for 3 tablespoons of aquafaba (the liquid from a can of chickpeas). For all these substitutions, you may need to adjust the amount of sugar or almond meal to get the right consistency for the vegan almond paste.