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Almond Slice recipe featured on Debi and Kathie's radio show, AFTERNOON TEA, on www.wcrfm.org.uk
(Tuesdays and Fridays from 3-5pm, UK time.) Tune in for cakes, chat and the odd cuppa!

INGREDIENTS:
1 packet shortcrust pastry
3 tablespoons seedless raspberry jam
8oz / 225g caster sugar
8oz / 225g icing sugar
12oz / 340g ground almonds
2 medium eggs
The whites of 2 medium eggs
1 teaspoon almond essence
2oz / 55g blanched almonds to scatter over the top

METHOD:
·Pre-heat oven to 180 C / 350 F / Gas Mark 4
·Butter your baking tin (a square or rectangular tin)
·Roll our your pastry (to about the width of the edge of a pound coin)
·Press the pastry into the base of the tin and along the sides
·Baste the pastry with a layer of jam
·Combine the caster and icing sugar with the almonds
·Mix the sugars/almonds together with the eggs, the egg whites & almond essence until smooth - the mixture becomes like thick cake mix
·Spoon the mixture over the jam layer, spreading it evenly
·Sprinkle the blanched almonds on top
·Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes

TOP TIPS:
·Don't be too delicate, just go for it!
·If you have any mixture left over, make a smaller portion.
·Almond Slices can be made in advance and frozen. Allow time to defrost fully before serving