{"id":166534,"date":"2023-12-21T21:28:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T20:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=166534"},"modified":"2023-12-21T21:30:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T20:30:56","slug":"nigella-lawson-banket-bars-with-almond-paste-and-apricot-jam-recipe-on-nigellas-amsterdam-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/166534\/nigella-lawson-banket-bars-with-almond-paste-and-apricot-jam-recipe-on-nigellas-amsterdam-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigella Lawson banket bars with almond paste and apricot jam recipe on Nigella\u2019s Amsterdam Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigella Lawson served up delicious banket bars with almonds and apricot jam on Nigella\u2019s Amsterdam Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>The ingredients are for the almond paste filling are: 250g blanched almonds, 250g caster sugar, 1 unwaxed lemon, finely grated zest only (save the juice for the glazes below), \u215b tsp or 1\u20132 drops rosewater, \u00bc tsp fine sea salt and 1 large free-range egg.<\/p>\n<p>For the banket bars: 1 free-range egg, pinch of salt, 325g or 320g pack ready-rolled all-butter puff pastry (thawed overnight in the fridge if frozen), flour, for dusting and 2 x 270g logs of almond paste (see above).<\/p>\n<p>For the apricot glaze: 2 tbsp apricot jam, 1 tsp lemon juice and 30g flaked almonds.<\/p>\n<p>For the icing glaze: 60g icing sugar and 1 tbsp lemon juice (or as needed to make a runny icing to zig zag over the banket bars).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/banket-bars.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/banket-bars-300x180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-166536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/banket-bars-300x180.png 300w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/banket-bars.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- food and drink --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0466605792016836\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3648486817\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script><br \/>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<br \/>\n<\/script\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nigella-at-christmas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/nigella-at-christmas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"254\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-166521\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more festive recipes by Nigella in her book titled: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Nigella-Christmas-Family-Friends-Festivities-ebook\/dp\/B005NHQ0C2\/ref=sr_1_4?crid=C14TP5S88GQ8&amp;keywords=Nigella+Lawson&amp;qid=1703110682&amp;sprefix=nigella+lawson%252Caps%252C100&amp;sr=8-4&#038;_encoding=UTF8&#038;tag=thetalentzone-21&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;linkId=d5d69fa6050478b747ddedd23e5e9fa9&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738\">Nigella Christmas: Food, Family, Friends, Festivities<\/a> available from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Nigella-Christmas-Family-Friends-Festivities-ebook\/dp\/B005NHQ0C2\/ref=sr_1_4?crid=C14TP5S88GQ8&amp;keywords=Nigella+Lawson&amp;qid=1703110682&amp;sprefix=nigella+lawson%252Caps%252C100&amp;sr=8-4&#038;_encoding=UTF8&#038;tag=thetalentzone-21&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;linkId=d5d69fa6050478b747ddedd23e5e9fa9&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738\">Nigella Christmas: Food, Family, Friends, Festivities<\/a> now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigella Lawson served up delicious banket bars with almonds and apricot jam on Nigella\u2019s Amsterdam Christmas. 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