Cornes de Gazelle (Gazelle Horns)

Dessert · Algerian classic.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Almonds
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1 tablespoon Sugar
• 1/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1 Egg
• 1 tablespoon Orange Blossom Water
• 2 cups All purpose flour
• 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter
• 1 pinch Salt
• 1 beaten Egg
• 3 tablespoons Vegetable Oil
• 1 ½ tbsp Orange Blossom Water
• 3 tablespoons Pistachio

Method

1. Preheat the oven — Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
2. Continue cooking — Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread almonds over the baking sheet.
3. Preheat the oven — Bake in the preheated oven until almonds are fragrant and roasted, 20 to 25 minutes.
4. Continue cooking — Prepare pastry dough while almonds are roasting.
5. Mix together — Combine flour, 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter, and salt in a bowl and rub together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
6. Knead — Add egg, oil, and 1 1/2 tablespoons orange blossom water; knead everything into a smooth pastry dough.
7. Add ingredients — Add a little water, 1 teaspoon at a time, if dough is too dry.
8. Continue cooking — Shape pastry dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and set aside for 30 minutes.
9. Continue cooking — Remove almonds from oven and cool slightly, about 5 minutes.
10. Continue cooking — Place almonds in the bowl of a food processor; process until finely and evenly ground.
11. Mix together — Add 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, cinnamon, egg, and 1 tablespoon orange blossom water in that order to the food processor, pulsing after each addition until mixture is evenly combined and resembles a paste.
12. Continue cooking — Remove small walnut-sized portions of filling with greased hands.

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