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Macaroons Aux Pistache

Plunge three ounces sweet almonds into half a pint boiling water for three minutes. Drain, peel and place in a mortar with an egg white, and pound to a paste. Transfer into a bowl, add another egg white, three ounces sugar, one teaspoon orange-flower water and three ounces finely chopped, peeled pistachios; then briskly stir with a wooden spoon for five minutes. Slide a quarter-inch tube into a pastry bag, drop the preparation into the bag and press down the paste on a sheet of white paper placed over a pastry pan to the size and form of walnuts. Lightly dampen the surface of the cakes by means of a well wetted towel. Place in the oven for twenty-five minutes. Remove, let cool off. Lift up the paper from the pan, lightly wet the pan, replace the paper in its former position, let stand for five minutes. Pick up the macaroons, arrange them on a compotier and serve.