Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 8
Ingredients
- For the syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp orange blossom
- For the almond paste
- 3 cups super fine almond flour
- 1 cup powdered sugar plus extra to work the almond paste
- 1 cup syrup
- Food coloring, red, green, yellow and orange
- For the filling
- 6 tbsp almond powder
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp coco powder
- 1 to 3 tbsp orange blossom
Instructions
To avoid using too much food coloring in this recipe, I choose not to mix the food coloring with the almond paste, but I preferred to brush my almond fruits paste with the mixture of food coloring and syrup.
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First prepare the syrup by putting all the ingredients in a saucepan over medium high heat. Bring to boil, then reduce the heat to medium low and let simmer for 10 minutes. Let cool.
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Prepare the filling by mixing all the ingredients. For the orange blossom, sprinkle little by little until you obtain a nice combined mixture.
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With the filling, form small balls, the size of hazelnuts or smaller, and set aside.
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In a bowl sift together the almond flour and powdered sugar.
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Pour syrup little by little over the almond sugar mixture, and knead for few minutes until the ingredients are fully combined and come together into a ball. The syrup is just used to combine all the ingredients, you may not need to use all of it.
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Sprinkle powdered sugar on a working board.
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Take a small portion of almond paste, roll it into a ball then flatten it out into a disc.
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Put a ball of the filling in the center of the disc, and wrap the disk around the filling to make a nice ball.
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Form your desired simulated fruits shapes with the stuffed almond paste. Keep a small portion of the almond paste to make leaves shape.
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Use a knife to shape the top of the mandarin oranges.
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Roll the lemon and strawberry almond fruits on top of a grater to get that dots shapes.
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Put half pecan (optional) in the little hole (hole shaped with the pinky finger) of the apple shaped fruit as shown in the picture above.
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Prepare the food coloring by putting in separate bowls few drops of each color with a tablespoon of syrup. Mix well.
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Using a kitchen brush, coat each fruit with the desired food color syrup mixture. Let dry and set aside.
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Make leaves shape using a knife or a small leaf cookie cutter if available. For the strawberry leaves, make a shape of a starfish.
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Brush the leaves with a mixture of green food coloring and syrup.
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Put leaves on the fruits that needed it. Let dry.
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Serve or store in airtight container for later serve.