Panellets
Weeknight-friendly Spanish cooking: Panellets comes together in 50 minutes with ground almonds, sugar, and not much else.
✓ USDA-verified nutrition data
300 calories
8g protein
30g carbs
18g fat
3g fiber
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups Ground almonds
- 1.5 cups Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 cup Pine nuts
- 1 tsp Lemon zest
- 1/2 cup Coconut
Steps
- Mix the ground almonds, sugar, egg, and lemon zest into a firm marzipan; rest 30 minutes.
- Roll into small balls — panellets are traditionally bite-sized, a dozen flavors from one dough.
- Roll two-thirds of the balls in pine nuts, pressing firmly so they adhere.
- Roll the rest in desiccated coconut, or leave some plain for the purists.
- Bake at 350°F for 12 minutes until the nuts toast golden and the bases set.
- Cool completely; panellets firm up as they cool and keep 2 weeks in a tin.
- Catalonia’s All Saints’ sweets, eaten with roasted chestnuts and sweet wine on November 1st.