Little Italy Pine Nut Macaroons

Name: Little Italy Pine Nut Macaroons
Yield: Makes about 60 cookies
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ½ cup granulated sugar; 8 ounces (about 2 cups) Whole blanched almonds; 3 large egg whites; 1 cup confectioners’ sugar; 4 ounces (about 1 cup) raw pine nuts for topping

Preparation info

Makes about
60
cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2000

About

This old recipe is for very delicately flavored macaroons made famous by the Ferrara pastry shop on Grand Street in New York’s Little Italy. Thanks to food journalist Irene Sax for finding and head baker Dennis Canciello for sharing the recipe.

Ingredients

½ cup granulated sugar
8 ounces (about 2 cups) Whole blanched almonds

Europe
Americas
Italy
United States
Dessert
Mediterranean
Cookies
Street Food
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
New York

Method

Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 300 degrees.
In the work bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade, pulse the granulated sugar and almonds repeatedly to grind them very finely. The whole process should take