Spijs

How do you even pronounce that? I’d say ‘spice’ comes closest. And what is it? Well, It’s not marzipan, it’s not frangipane, but it does have lots of almonds. In fact, where marzipan has 3 parts sugar to 1 part almonds, this has a 50-50 ratio. Make this stuff a few days ahead of whatever you want to bake with it, so the flavours have a bit of time to mix.

Ingredients:125 g ground almond125 g sugarzest of 1 lemon and a little juice1-4 tbsp water1 egg yolk

Method:

Mix the almond with ...