Description
- Almond Paste has a dough like texture and nutty - sweet taste - which makes it perfect for use in cookies - cakes - candies and pastries.
- American Almond paste is prepared from select grades of almonds grown in California.
- After blanching to remove the skins, the almonds are ground and then cooked with pure granulated cane sugar to a semi-firm smooth paste.
- Almond Paste can be used to make Marzipan with additional confectioners sugar and syrup.
- Almond paste is characterized as having a delicate and subtle almond favor.
Since 1924, American Almond has maintained its reputation for the quality and variety of its nut-based products by combining fine ingredients from around the globe with old-world, artisan preparation techniques. American Almond sets the standard for premium quality sweetened nut pastes, nut butters, nut flours, crunchy toppimgs and inclusions. Baker, pastry chefs, chocolatiers, culinary profesionals and food manufactures use our ingredients for their daily production, seasonal specialties and innovations.