Recipe for Algerian mkhabez with flan and hazelnuts
Ingredients · Servings 4
- 2 packs of ALSA vanilla custard
- 1 teaspoon of lemon juice or lemon zest flavoring
- 125g of unsalted butter
- 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 200g of flour
- 75g of ground hazelnuts
- 2 egg whites
- 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons of orange blossom water or rose water
- Icing sugar
- dark chocolate if you want to decorate
Method · 55 min
- Preheat your oven to 150°C.
- Mix the flan with the lemon juice or flavoring.
- Add the softened butter and mix everything together well. Then, add 1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk.
- Add the baking powder, then the flour and the hazelnut alternately, continuing to mix until you obtain a firm but malleable dough.
- Roll out the dough and cut out the desired shapes.
- Place in the oven. Note that this dough requires baking at a low temperature for approximately 40 minutes. Let them cool completely.
- Prepare the icing with the ingredients listed above; it should not be runny or too thick. Always test it on a cake and adjust by adding icing sugar until you get the desired texture.
