Name: Hazelnut Shamrock Biscuits
Total time: 2 h
Yield: Makes Biscuits
Cuisine: Eastern European

Ingredients

STEP 1
Grind the hazelnut kernels to produce a finely chopped, uneven mass.
STEP 2
Add the icing sugar, peel, beaten egg and the seeds from the vanilla pod to the hazelnut mass and work to form into a stiff dough.
STEP 3
On a non stick surface dusted with icing sugar, roll out into a sausage about 1cm diameter.
STEP 4
Take 1cm portions and roll into balls.
STEP 5
Take 3 even sized balls and dip in the beaten egg, and stick together to form a shamrock shape.
STEP 6
Take a piece of chopped almond and press into the middle of each leaf of the "shamrock", flattening slightly.
STEP 7
Brush again with beaten egg, and place on a non stick baking sheet.
STEP 8
Place into a very cool oven, 150C / fan 130C / gas 2 for about 40 minutes until baked.
STEP 9
Cool completely and store in an airtight tin.

Hazelnut Shamrock Biscuits