Valentina Harris

Sardinian Sighs

Suspirus

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    15

    Cakes
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Italian Regional Cookery
Italian Regional Cookery

By Valentina Harris

Published 1990

  • About

There are few more pleasant ways to end a meal than by lingering slowly over a glass of Sardinian Mirto (the local sweet liqueur made with myrtle) and picking and choosing from a selection of little cakes. The most romantically named of all the cakes in this book are these delicious, light, golden, almond cakes.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons plain white flour for dusting
  • 7 oz (200 g) blanched almonds

Method

Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 2, 300°F (150°C). Flour a baking sheet using all the flour.

Chop the almonds finely or whizz them in a food processor until pulverised. Whisk the chilled egg whites until stiff, fold in the sugar, the vanilla essence and the almonds. Using