{"id":561,"date":"2013-01-05T23:05:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T22:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/?p=561"},"modified":"2013-01-16T23:41:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T22:41:37","slug":"almond-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/recipes\/creams-custards-sauces\/almond-cream","title":{"rendered":"Almond cream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creme-damandes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-641\" alt=\"creme-d'amandes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creme-damandes.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creme-damandes.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creme-damandes-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the <strong>basic creams<\/strong> I need to be able to make <strong>for my exam<\/strong> is the one with almonds.<\/p>\n<p>It is used especially here in France as <strong>filling for baked tarts<\/strong>, but also for <strong>croissants<\/strong>, <strong>brioches<\/strong>, <strong>Danish<\/strong> pastries and the famous &#8220;<strong>galettes<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>It is very <strong>easy to make<\/strong> since you basically need just to mix the ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>If you <strong>add pastry cream<\/strong> for one third of the total weight of the almond cream, you get a <strong>Frangipane cream<\/strong> (it&#8217;s Italian!), the classic filling of a Galette des rois, which is used to celebrate the Three Kings on January 6th in France.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"gmc-recipe\" id=\"gmc-print-544\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Recipe\" style=\"\">\n                        <meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\" \/>\n                <h2 class=\"gmc-recipe-title gmc-web-hidden\" itemprop=\"name\">Almond cream<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"gmc-print-area\">\n                \n            <a class=\"gmc-print-options gmc-print-hidden\" href=\"#\" id=\"gmc-print-options-544\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/getmecooking-recipe-template\/images\/print.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>Print recipe<\/a>\n            <ul class=\"gmc-print-options-box\" id=\"gmc-print-options-box-544\" style=\"display:none\">\n                                            <li>\n                        <a class=\"gmc-print-full gmc-print-hidden\" href=\"#\" id=\"gmc-print-full-544\">\n                          Print with all photos                        <\/a>          \n                    <\/li>                                                    <li>\n                    <a class=\"gmc-print-text gmc-print-hidden\" href=\"#\" id=\"gmc-print-text-544\">\n                        Print 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                        \n                                    <tr>    \n                                        <td class=\"amount\">100g                                        <\/td>\n                                        <td class=\"ingredient\" class=\"ingredient-list-item\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">Unsalted butter (room temperature)                                        <\/td>\n                                    <\/tr>\n                                \n                        \n                                                \n                            <!--<li class=\"gmc-ingredient-list-item\" itemprop=\"ingredients\"><\/li>  -->\n                            \n                                    <tr>    \n                                        <td class=\"amount\">100g                                        <\/td>\n                                        <td class=\"ingredient\" class=\"ingredient-list-item\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">Granulated sugar                        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                        <td class=\"amount\">100g                                        <\/td>\n                                        <td class=\"ingredient\" class=\"ingredient-list-item\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">Ground almonds                                        <\/td>\n                                    <\/tr>\n                                \n                                        <\/tbody>\n                            <\/table>              \n                        <\/div>          <div class=\"gmc-recipe-steps\">\n            <h3 class=\"gmc-recipe-subtitle\">\n            Directions            <\/h3>            \n                                                <!--<tr>\n                        <td>-->\n                                                              <!--<td>-->\n\n                                <div id=\"gmc-step-list-title-wide\" class=\"stepBlock\">\t\n                                    <div class=\"stepImage\">\n                                      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href=\"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0443.jpg\" rel=\"gmc-recipe-544\">\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0443-300x199.jpg\" class=\"gmc-step-photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0443-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0443.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"stepNumber\">\n                                        3                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"gmc-step-desc\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Keep on mixing well with a spatula to obtain a fluid cream                                    <\/div> \n                             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                   <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"stepNumber\">\n                                        4                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"gmc-step-desc\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Finally add the ground almonds and blend                                    <\/div> \n                                <\/div>                         <!--<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>-->\n                                           <!--<tr>\n                        <td>-->\n                                                              <!--<td>-->\n\n                                <div id=\"gmc-step-list-title-wide\" class=\"stepBlock\">\t\n                                    <div class=\"stepImage\">\n                                        <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creme-damandes.jpg\" rel=\"gmc-recipe-544\">\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creme-damandes-300x199.jpg\" class=\"gmc-step-photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creme-damandes-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creme-damandes.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"stepNumber\">\n                                        5                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"gmc-step-desc\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">The cream is ready to be used as filling                                    <\/div> \n                                <\/div>                         <!--<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>-->\n                               <\/div>\n    \t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t  \n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"notes\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"gmc-recipe-subtitle\">Note<\/h3>    \t\t<p>This cream contains \"raw\" eggs: this means that it must be stored under refrigeration and baked.<\/p>\n<p>Tarts, galette, and pastries or any product containing this cream should be filled with it before baking.<\/p>\n<p>The standard recipe has a strong taste of almonds (and sometimes vanilla), but you can give the basic recipe a twist by adding at the end a bit of liqueur (e.g. rhum, Cointreau,...) or aromas (vanilla, rose,...).<\/p>\n<\/div>                \n\n<\/div>\n\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the basic creams I need to be able to make for my exam is the one with almonds. 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