Polvorones

Name: Polvorones
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 250g plain flour, toasted until lightly golden; 100g ground almonds, toasted; 125g lard, softened; 100g icing sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon

Polvorones/pol-voh-ROH-nes/

Also known as: Polvoron, Mantecados, Spanish Christmas Shortbread

About this dish

Crumbly shortbread of toasted flour, almonds, lard and sugar that dissolves into powder in the mouth.

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Ingredients

🌾250g plain flour, toasted until lightly golden

🌰100g ground almonds, toasted

🐖125g lard, softened

🍬100g icing sugar

🌿1 tsp cinnamon

Method

Serves 4

Toast the flour in a dry pan or the oven, stirring, until pale golden, then cool.

Mix the flour, almonds, sugar and cinnamon, and work in the lard to make a crumbly dough.

Press out to 1.5cm thick and cut into rounds or ovals.

Bake at 170°C (340°F) for 15–20 minutes and cool completely before moving them.

Dust with icing sugar and wrap each one in tissue paper.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Polvorones are a Christmas sweet from Andalusia, especially Estepa, and come individually wrapped in paper.

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