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🍽️ Exotic Fruit Cookies

87 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 200 g exotic dried fruit (e.g. papaya, figs, pineapple, cranberries, mango)
• 2 dried apricots
• 1 stalk lemongrass
• 250 g large organic orange (1 large organic orange)
• 3 eggs
• 100 g whole wheat flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 250 g ground almond kernels

Instructions

1. 1. Roughly chop all dried fruits.
2. 2. Remove tough outer leaves from the lemongrass and cut off the root end. Finely chop the bottom 5 centimeters of the stalk.
3. 3. Rinse the orange under hot water and pat dry. Grate the zest finely. Cut the orange in half and squeeze out the juice.
4. 4. Combine orange juice, orange zest, lemongrass, and dried fruits in a tall container. Let the mixture steep for about 2 hours.
5. 5. Puree the fruits until smooth using a hand blender.
6. 6. Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites with a hand mixer until very stiff.
7. 7. Stir in the fruit puree and egg yolks alternately, one by one.
8. 8. Mix flour and baking powder and sift over the fruit mixture. Add the almonds. Gently fold everything in with a rubber spatula. Line two baking sheets with baking paper.
9. 9. Place the dough in spoonfuls onto the sheets. Flatten the mounds slightly with wet fingers. Bake the sheets one at a time in the preheated oven at 180 °C (convection: 160 °C) for about 20 minutes each.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 87
• Protein: 3 g · Fett/Fat: 5 g · Carbs: 7 g