Amaretto Almond Sauce Recipes

AMARETTO BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Cut or tear bread into 1/2 inch pieces. Place into a large bowl and cover with half-and-half.
• Let mixture stand for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• Preheat oven 350 degrees
• In a small mixing bowl, beat the eggs, sugar and almond extract.
• When the bread is ready, stir in egg/sugar mixture into the bread mixture.
• Gently fold in the almonds.
• Grease a 9x13 baking dish with the 2 tablespoons of butter.
• Pour mixture into the baking dish and bake for 1 hour or until top is golden.
• Remove from oven.
• Sauce
• Stir the butter and sugar together over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
• Remove from heat, briskly whisk in the egg and Amaretto.
• Pour sauce over bread pudding and serve.

ALMOND AMARETTO CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• CRUST: 1. Place oven racks in the center of the oven. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9-inch springform pan with a round of parchment paper (cut to fit), set aside. 2. In a medium-sized bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar, butter and salt until well combined. Using the bottom of a measuring cup, press crust into the bottom and halfway up the sides of prepared springform pan. Bake for 7 minutes and remove from the oven and set aside. 3. Reduce oven heat to 325°F. FILLING: 1. In a large bowl using a hand mixer (or in the bowl of a stand mixer), beat cream cheese with granulated sugar until no lumps remain. 2. Add eggs, one at a time, beating mixture between each egg, then beat in the amaretto, vanilla extract and almond extract. Add cornstarch and salt and beat until smooth. 3. Tap the cheesecake batter bowl on the counter for 30-45 seconds to remove as many air bubbles as possible. You should see them popping on the surface as you tap the bowl. Pour filling into the center of the graham cracker crust and gently smooth the top. 4. Bake for 30 minutes at 325°F. Reduce temperature to 250°F and continue baking for another 35 minutes. Once this time has elapsed, turn the oven off and keep cheesecake inside for another 30 minutes, but DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN DOOR. After the 30 minutes has passed, crack the oven door open to let cheesecake cool slowly for one hour before removing. 5. Allow cheesecake to cool to room temperature on the counter (approximately 3-4 hours) before covering with plastic wrap and transferring to the fridge to chill. 6. Refrigerate cheesecake until completely chilled (about 6-8 hours, or overnight). Open springform pan and remove the metal collar. TOPPING: 1. Preheat the oven to 325°F and spread the almonds on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake them for 7 to 8 minutes or until just fragrant. Remove from oven and set aside. 2. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the butter and brown sugar, stirring often, until smooth. Add the heavy cream and amaretto and bring to a low boil. Boil for 5 minutes, then remove from heat. Stir in toasted almonds. Allow sauce to cool to room temperature before pouring over the cooled cheesecake.

ALMOND-CARAMELIZED DUCK BREAST WITH AMARETTO JUS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees with a rack set in the lower third of the oven and another rack set 8 inches from the broiler.
• Place vinegar, amaretto, port, wine, and fennel in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Continue boiling rapidly until syrupy and reduced to 1/3 cup, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a large ovenproof skillet over high heat. Season both sides of duck breasts with salt and pepper. Add oil to pan, swirling to coat; add duck, skin-side down. Transfer pan to lowest rack in oven. Cook until skin is dark golden brown and meat feels firm (for medium-rare), 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer duck, skin-side up, to a rimmed baking sheet. Let stand 5 minutes.
• Preheat broiler to the lowest setting possible.
• Using a heavy skillet, crush almonds; spread in a thin, even layer. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon honey on the skin side of each duck breast; press into almonds to adhere. Return to baking sheet, skin-side up and fill in any gaps with remaining almonds. The whole skin side should be evenly coated.
• Transfer baking sheet to broiler and broil until almonds are toasted and sugar starts to melt, about 7 minutes, checking occasionally to make sure the almonds don't burn before the sugar begins to melt. Remove from broiler and let stand 5 minutes before slicing.
• Meanwhile, reheat vinegar mixture over low heat until hot. Whisk in butter, a tablespoon at a time, until emulsified; season with salt and pepper. Divide sauce among serving plates and top each with a duck breast. Serve.

AMARETTO ALMOND CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a non-stick skillet, melt the butter and brown the almonds until golden brown; be very careful as they will burn quickly.
• As soon as the almonds are nicely browned, add the Amaretto; be extremely careful as it should and will flame up for about 10 seconds or so.
• After about 30 to 40 seconds you will have very little liquid in the pan (it will be dark brown).
• Add the cream, tomato paste, and the crushed bouillon cube and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to a rolling simmer and reduce by half (about 12 minutes) stirring often.
• The finished sauce should have a beige, ever so slight pink color and coat the back of a spoon.
• NOTE: If the Amaretto doesn't flare up in the pan, don't worry! Your sauce will be fine.

AMARETTO-ALMOND SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine sugar and cornstarch in a small saucepan; stir in water. Place over medium heat; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook 2 minutes of until thickened, stirring constantly.
• Stir in amaretto and lemon juice; heat just until mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat; stir in almonds and extract. Serve warm or chilled.

SPICED AMARETTO CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the cranberries, syrup, honey, orange zest and pie spice. Cook over medium heat until the berries pop, about 15 minutes. Stir in amaretto; cook 5 minutes. Cover and store in the refrigerator. If desired, top with almonds before serving.

RASPBERRY FROZEN YOGURT CAKE WITH RASPBERRY AMARETTO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line bottom of a buttered 9- by 2-inch springform pan with a round of wax paper or parchment and butter paper. Dust pan with flour, knocking out excess.
• To make cake layer:
• In a bowl whisk together whole eggs and yolk. Into another bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a glass measuring cup stir together milk and Amaretto. In a bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed beat butter 1 minute and beat in sugar in a steady stream, scraping bowl occasionally, until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in egg, a little at a time, beating well after each addition, until pale and fluffy. Stir in flour mixture in 3 batches alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture and stirring until smooth after each addition.
• Turn batter into pan, smoothing top, and bake in middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool cake layer in pan on a rack 10 minutes. Run a thin knife around edge of pan and remove side of pan. Invert cake layer onto rack. Remove paper carefully and cool cake completely. With a long serrated knife halve cake horizontally. Clean springform pan and line with 2 sheets plastic wrap, leaving at least a 1-inch overhang. Put bottom half of cake, cut side up, in pan.
• Make raspberry frozen yogurt:
• In a food processor purée raspberries with sugar and water and force through a fine sieve into a large bowl. Add frozen yogurt and stir until purée is well incorporated.
• Working quickly, spoon about half of frozen yogurt over cake in pan, spreading evenly. Top with other half of cake layer, cut side down, and spoon remaining frozen yogurt on top, spreading evenly.
• Arrange raspberries decoratively on top of cake, pushing slightly into frozen yogurt, and sprinkle almonds over top of cake. Freeze cake, covered, at least until frozen hard, about 6 hours, and up to 1 week.
• Let cake soften in refrigerator at least 30 minutes and up to 45 minutes before serving. Remove cake from pan, discarding plastic wrap. Serve cake with sauce.
• To make the sauce:
• In a food processor purée raspberries with sugar and Amaretto and force through a fine sieve into a bowl. Sauce may be made 3 days ahead and chilled, covered. Makes about 1 1/2 cups.