Bokkepootjes

Description

Bokkepootjes means "goat's feet".

A lovely and sweet mixture of biscuit, almonds and cream filling. This is a luxury biscuit, that will leave you wanting more.

Ingredients

• 8 egg whites
• 350 g sugar
• 500 g ground almonds
• rind of 1 lemon
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 3 sachets vanilla sugar
• Also: dark chocolate for dipping.

Directions

1. Beat the egg whites stiff with a measure of sugar.
2. Then mix in the other ingredients a bit at a time, changing between them (some of the sugar, some of the almonds, some of the lemon, repeat until all ingredients are mixed in).
3. Put the mix in a piping bag and pipe rolls of 6 - 7 cms length onto the baking sheet.
4. Leave to dry for several hours and then put the sheet in a preheated oven at 160°C.
5. Bake slowly, they are not supposed to go brown.
6. Leave to cool.
7. Melt the dark chocolate and spread some on the bottom of the biscuit.
8. Then stick a second biscuit onto the chocolate.
9. Dip both ends of each "bokkepootje" into the chocolate and leave to harden.