Recipe: Delicious Kourabiedes from Smyrna

Kourabiedes from Smyrna.

You can have Kourabiedes from Smyrna using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kourabiedes from Smyrna

1. You need 750 g of clarified butter.
2. Prepare 500 g of margarine.
3. Prepare 3 of eggs.
4. You need 200 g of sugar.
5. Prepare 200 g of icing sugar.
6. You need 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla.
7. Prepare 1/2 cup of brandy.
8. Prepare of juice of 2 oranges.
9. You need 2 packets of baking powder (20 g each).
10. You need 1 of full tsp baking soda.
11. Prepare 500 g of powdered almonds.
12. Prepare 300 g of finely chopped hazelnuts.
13. You need 300 g of finely chopped almonds.
14. It's of about 2300 g all purpose flour.
15. It's of For sprinkling.
16. It's of icing sugar.

Kourabiedes from Smyrna step by step

1. Beat the butter and the margarine in the stand mixer for 15 minutes..
2. Add the eggs, the plain sugar, the vanilla, the icing sugar, the baking soda, the brandy and the orange juice. Beat everything together for 10 more minutes..
3. Add the almond powder, the hazelnuts and the almonds, still mixing for a while longer..
4. Add the baking powder and gradually, the flour. Make a soft pliable dough..
5. Form the kourabiedes and place them in a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper..
6. Bake at 180°C until golden brown..
7. Then dip them into a bowl with icing sugar and spread them on a plater. When they cool completely, sprinkle with a little more icing sugar..