Almond Recipes

Six classic Eastern European pastry fillings: cheese with cognac raisins, prune walnut, poppy seed, ground nut, orange marmalade, and raw apple. Traditional recipes for strudel, kolache, and more.

Chicken in silky almond sauce with yogurt, cardamom, coriander, and slivered almonds pureed into a rich Mughlai-style gravy. A fragrant Indian chicken korma that improves overnight.

People who do not like ordinary pate seem to love this one. Vary the herbs and substitute the vegetables as you wish. Serve with water crackers, thick slices of crusty French bread, thin slices of whole wheat bread, or unsalted whole wheat crackers. May be frozen.

Fall harvest spice cake with apple butter, maple buttercream frosting, and a decorative topping of walnuts, almonds, apricots, cranberries, and raisins. A stunning autumn centerpiece.

Shortcut bear claw pastries using refrigerated biscuit dough stuffed with cream cheese, orange marmalade, and raisins. Sliced almonds and sugar top each claw for a bakery-style breakfast treat.

California ricotta cake: devil's food cake layers brushed with orange liqueur, filled and frosted with sweet ricotta whipped with cream, orange zest, almonds, and chocolate chips.

These scrumptious snacks made with gingerbread cake mix and almonds will have you going bananas!

Lemon Truffle Pie layers a white chocolate cream cheese base under tangy lemon curd in a baked pie shell, topped with whipped cream and toasted almonds.

A scrumptious torte made with almonds, rum, brandy and semi-sweet chocolate.

Hearty wild rice soup with chicken, mushrooms, slivered almonds, and three kinds of onion in a dill-seasoned egg yolk-enriched broth. A Minnesota-style comfort bowl.

Rich Mughlai chicken curry with a ground almond, ginger, and garlic paste in a creamy yogurt and cardamom sauce. A royal Indian dish with whole spices and whipped cream.

Chiu Chow lemon chicken features lightly floured breasts pan-fried in butter, topped with a tangy lemon-soy sauce and toasted slivered almonds. A refined Cantonese take on lemon chicken.

Anise biscotti (mandel bread) with lemon zest, anisette liqueur, and star anise baked twice for a crisp, crunchy dunk-worthy cookie. An Italian-Jewish crossover recipe with optional hazelnuts or sliced almonds.

Flaky phyllo spirals filled with walnuts, pistachios, candied orange peel, and orange blossom water, baked golden and soaked in lemon syrup. A baklava-style treat that makes about 42 pieces.

Maria's Ischli cookies are Austrian sandwich cookies with ground hazelnuts or almonds, filled with raspberry jam and topped with chocolate icing. A classic European holiday cookie.

Hungarian tarts with a cream cheese pastry shell and five filling options: almond, pecan, walnut, coconut, and farmer's cheese. A traditional holiday baking project.