Nuts! - My Delicious Almond Slice Recipe

For the pastry:

8 oz plain flour
1 egg
2 oz castor sugar (in the UK, this is a finer sugar than ordinary white granulated sugar)
5 oz butter

Making the pastry - combine all the ingredients together (I use my food processor to whizz up the paste, but it will work ok done by hand) This is a sweet pastry and requires no additional liquid.

Roll out in a rectangle and place in a greased tray - you need one approximately 8" x 12" with a bit of depth because the almond paste is runny before it's baked.

For the almond filling:

8 oz ground almonds
4 oz castor sugar
4 oz icing sugar
3 eggs
teaspoon of almond essence
1 cup of milk

Combine all these ingredients in a mixing bowl - pour onto the pastry base. Scatter some flaked almonds on top of the mixture.

Bake in a medium heat oven till golden brown.

Allow to cool down and then cut into fingers. You should get 16 fingers at least from this recipe. Store in a tin - keep cool.

Aaaaaaaaargh - I can taste the flavor right now! This is one of my favorite recipes. If you prefer, you can make it into a bakewell tart by cooking it in a circular flan dish instead of a tray-bake tray.

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