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Amaretto 02

A home-style Amaretto 02 made with Vanilla, Powdered Sugar, Sugar, Salt, and Lemon Juice. Add it to your meal plan and shop the whole list in one go.

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Ingredients

• 2 tsp
• 2 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 1/8 tsp
• 2 tsp
• 3/4 cup
• 2 tbsp
• 2 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Heat oven to 350. Grease 10" springform pan and line with greased parchment. Line a cookie sheet with greased parchment.

2. 2

   Remove as much skin from the hazelnuts as you can and process them with one cup of the powdered sugar for 30 seconds.

3. 3

   Add both sugars and process briefly to combine.

4. 4

   With processer running, pour in egg mixture and process for 15 seconds or until smooth.

5. 5

   Pour remaining batter into the springform pan and smooth with spatula.

6. 6

   Pour reserved batter onto the cookie sheet and spread out into a 7-8" disk.

7. 7

   Bake crust 25-30 minutes; disk 20-25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

8. 8

   Sprinkle gelatin over 1/4 cup amaretto, let stand 5 min. Heat in sauce pan with hot (not boiling) water stirring for 4 min. Leave in hot water to stay warm.

9. 9

   Beat cream cheese with mixer for 1 minute. Add lemon juice and zest. Beat cream to soft peaks. Fold 1/3 cream into cream cheese.

10. 10

    Fold in remaining whipped cream and soaked macaroon bits.

11. 11

    Pour into prepared pan, cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or preferably overnight.