Almond Croissants

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar, for syrup
• 1 cup water
• 2 slices lemon peel
• 75 g unsalted butter, softened
• 75 g caster sugar, for filling
• 100 g ground almonds
• 1 egg
• 6 day-old croissants
• 2 tablespoons slivered almonds

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c put sugar for syrup in a small pan with water and lemon peel and set pan over a gentle heat. stir off and on until dissolved then bring to the boil and boil for 1 minute. set aside to cool.
• 2 whiz butter and sugar for filling in a food processor. add the ground almonds and blend until smooth. with machine running, drop in the egg and blend.
• 3 dunk croissants in the syrup, coating them all over, then split with a sharp knife. spread a little almond filling inside each croissant, then spread some more on the top. put croissants on a baking tray lined with baking paper and scatter over almonds. cook in oven for 12-15 minutes, or until crisp and golden.