Culinary Institute of America

Leaf Croquant

Preparation info
  • Makes

    70 pieces

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
top 1000Baking & Pastry: Mastering the Art and Craft
Baking & Pastry

By Culinary Institute of America

Published 2015

  • About

Ingredients

Ingredient U.S. Metric
Almonds, blanched and lightly toasted

Method

  1. Grind the almonds and confectioners’ sugar to a smooth, soft paste in a food processor. Remove the nuts from the food processor, add the glucose, and work into a malleable dough.
  2. On parchment paper, for the nut mixture into a 10-in/25-cm square.
  3. Rub the lemon juice into the granulated sugar. Caramelize using the dry