Using the recipe in the link above as a guide, I started with blanching 2 cups of almonds (boiling water and pouring it over the almonds so that the peel easily comes off). When I was almost done removing the skins from the almonds I mixed a cup of raw sugar with 1/2 cup of water and heated until the sugar had been dissolved. The almonds were wet and warm from the blanching so I omitted the step in the recipe that called for heating them up and add water when grinding them in the food processor - i e I just tossed the warm, moist, blanched almonds in the food processor, ran it until the almonds were ground up and then added the sugar water. Very easy recipe. Have not yet decided what to use the paste for, but it sure tastes good.
Ingredients:
2 cups raw almonds
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
You can also substitute parts of the water with cognac or Cointreau, but cut down on the sugar if you use Cointreau.
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