Recipes
Alfajor
Let's make a delicious alfajor to enjoy for dessert!
Ingredients
- •1 cup cornstarch
- •2 cups all-purpose flour
- •1/2 cup butter, softened
- •1/2 cup sugar
- •4 egg yolks
- •Zest of 1 lemon
- •500 g dulce de leche
- •50 g butter
- •200 g milk chocolate
Instructions
- 1
In a bowl, mix the flour, cornstarch and sugar.
- 2
In another bowl, beat the butter with the egg yolks until fluffy.
- 3
Add the egg and lemon zest and beat again.
- 4
Gradually add the flour mixture and mix until a smooth dough forms.
- 5
Roll out the dough between two sheets of plastic wrap to a thickness of 0.5 cm.
- 6
Cut the dough into circles 5 cm in diameter.
- 7
Place the circles on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 15 minutes, or until lightly golden.
- 8
Spread the dulce de leche over half of the cookies.
- 9
Place the remaining cookies on top of the dulce de leche, pressing gently so they stick together.
- 10
Melt the chocolate with the butter in a double boiler or in the microwave.
- 11
Dip the alfajores in the chocolate coating.
- 12
Let the coating set at room temperature.