for 8 pieces

Filling

150 g	shelled ground almonds
100 g	almond paste
30 g	butter, soft
2 parcel	vanilla sugar
1	organic lemon, grated zest and 2 tbsp of juice

Croissants

1	puff pastry dough, rolled into a rectangle (approx. 24 x 42 cm)
1	egg, beaten
20 g	flaked almonds

How it's done

Filling

Mix the almonds, almond mixture, butter, vanilla sugar, lemon zest and juice.

Croissants

Cut the dough into 8 equal triangles. Spread the almond filling over the bottom half of the dough pieces. Roll the dough up towards the tip. Place the croissants on a baking tray lined with baking paper, brush with a little egg, sprinkle with flaked almonds.

To bake

Approx. 20 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 200°C. Remove from the oven, leave the almond croissants to cool on a rack.

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