Ingredients:
4 cups almonds
4 cups powdered sugar
3 egg whites
Rose water
Food colour
Icing sugar
Method:
Soak almonds in water overnight.
Next morning, peel off the almond skins and grind to a fine paste with rose water. If the rose water is too concentrated, use some water as well.
Put the almond paste, powdered sugar and egg whites into a heavy bottomed saucepan and cook on a slow fire until it reaches a soft ball stage.
Pour onto a marble slab and when it cools a little, knead the dough until soft.
If the mixture is sticky, use a little icing sugar.
Shape as desired.
