How to prepare yolk glories for the new year?

As part of the Christmas traditions of many bakeries you can find the glories of yema.

Its texture allows this delicious Christmas sweet to melt in your mouth. If you are a marzipan lover, this recipe will surely fascinate you.

Ingredients

With this amount of ingredients you can get servings for at least 6 people.

For the filling

• 45 milliliters of water.

• 100 grams of sugar.

• 100 grams of egg.

• 5 grams of cornstarch.

For the mass

• 195 grams of sugar.

• 150 grams of almond flour.

• 70 milliliters of water.

• 35 grams of butter.

• 60 grams of icing sugar.

Preparation of yolk glories

In general, it will take you 60 minutes to prepare, and its difficulty can be categorized as medium.

For the filling

1. To start preparing the filling, mix the cornstarch, sugar and egg to make a kind of pasta or porridge.

2. In a pot we place the water, we will mix it with the prepared pasta, and we bring to medium heat, until it boils.

TIP: Do not forget to stir constantly so that it does not stick.

3. When it has reached the boiling point, turn off and take the mixture to a container and cover with transparent paper well glued to the cream.

4. When cooling, take the mixture to the fridge and continue with the preparation.

For the mass

To prepare the dough you must get a kitchen thermometer.

1. Now, place the almond flour with the condensed milk in a large container.

Help yourself with a wooden pallet, since it is much easier. Even if you have an electric mixer, use the paddle rods.

2. Once well mixed, place the water with the sugar in a saucepan over high heat. We mix well to dissolve the sugar.

3. Then, with a thermometer, we wait for it to read 115 degrees and remove it from the heat.

4. With the syrup ready, we add it to the almond mixture, in the form of a thread, until everything is completely integrated.

This will result in a soft but moldable dough.

5. Wait for it to warm and add the butter, mixing until it is completely integrated.

6. Next, remove from the bowl and place on a rack to sprinkle the yolk glories with icing sugar. Do not forget to cover with transparent paper until it finishes cooling.

7. Now, stretch the dough to a thickness of 2 millimeters. With the help of a cutter, take out the shape of circles.

Make sure the cutter is at least 3 inches in diameter. Cut as many circles as the dough allows.

8. Flour a tray that can go to the oven and begin to assemble the yolk glories.

Armed with the glories of yolk

1. Then, put the cream of the filling in a pastry bag and let a point of the mixture come out in the center of the circle.

2. Then fold like an envelope. They should do them in order of the right, left, bottom, and top.

Do not forget to leave a square in the center to preserve the full one. Now, place the glories on the tray.

3. When you finish with all the circles made, sprinkle them with the icing sugar and with the help of a blowtorch, lightly toast the surface. And ready!

Go ahead and be part of this tradition of Christmas holidays that is already enjoyed in many places and that I assure you will not stop preparing.