Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar
Try baking these simple, delicious macaroons for Passover or any time. Then, dive into the book for inspiration. I am always looking for small side and main dishes for dinner. This cookbook is filled with them. Next on my list: sweet potato hummus; peach caprese salad; lamb rib chops with mint-rosemary relish; and chocolate cream pie in a jar.
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Recipe excerpted with permission from Small Plates by America's Test Kitchen
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Pine Nut Macaroons
Why This Recipe Works
These classic Italian cookies pack plenty of rich, almondy flavor and crunchy pops from pine nuts in a little package. Egg whites give these naturally flour-free cookies a pleasantly chewy texture. Coating the cookies in pine nuts maximizes their nutty flavor and creates their signature craggy-crunchy exteriors. Since the pine nuts gently roast while baking on the surface of the cookies, there's no need to toast (and risk burning) them separately. The food processor makes quick work of deftly grinding the almonds, sugar, and egg whites into cookie dough in less than a minute.
Serves 8 to 10 (makes 18 cookies)
Active Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
1⅔ cups slivered almonds
1⅓ cups (9⅓ ounces) sugar
2 large egg whites
1 cup pine nuts
1. Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat oven to 375 degrees. Line 2
rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Process almonds and sugar in food processor until finely ground, about 30 seconds. Add egg whites and
process until smooth, about 20 seconds. (Dough will be sticky.) Transfer dough to large bowl. Place pine
nuts in separate shallow bowl.
3. Spray 1-tablespoon measuring spoon with vegetable oil spray. Working with 1 rounded tablespoon dough
at a time, shape into balls and roll balls in pine nuts until evenly coated. Place 9 balls on each prepared
sheet, spaced 2 inches apart.
4. Bake cookies until light golden brown, 14 to 16 minutes, switching and rotating sheets halfway through
baking. Let cookies cool completely on sheets. Serve.
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