Recipe: Homemade Almond Paste (cooked, Rival meat grinder manual, 1980's)

ALMOND PASTE

1 pound blanched almonds
1 pound white granulated sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup orange juice
Confectioner's sugar

Grind almond until very fine. (Use chopping cutter, then regrind using grinding cutter).

Cook granulated sugar and water to 240 degrees F or until the syrup is firm when a drop is put in cold water.

Mix syrup with almonds and then add orange juice. Stir until creamy.

Turn onto a slab powdered with confectioner's sugar; cool.

When cooled, cut into pieces and store in a airtight container at least one week before using.

Makes 2 pounds
Source: Rival Grind-O-Matic Grinder/Salad Maker Manual, 1980