Fruit Fondants

Name: Fruit Fondants
Ingredients: chopped nuts, glacé cherries, dates, crystallized fruit, etc., to decorate; 1 tablespoon strained lemon juice; 2 egg whites; 1 lb. icing sugar; chopped nuts, glacé cherries, dates, crystallized fruit, etc., to decorate; chopped nuts, glacé cherries, dates, crystallized fruit, etc., to decorate; chopped nuts, glacé cherries, dates, crystallized fruit, etc., to decorate

Preparation info

Makes
1¼
lb.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farmhouse Kitchen

By Audrey Ellis

Published 1971

About

Ingredients

1 lb. icing sugar
2 egg whites
1 tablespoon <

Confectionery
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Sieve the icing sugar, and mix in a basin with the egg whites, lemon juice and almond essence. The mixture will form a stiff dough. Beat until the mixture is really smooth. Roll out and form into squares, crescents, rounds, ovals etc. Press a piece of chopped fruit or nut firmly into the top of each.