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For 40 cookies
8 cardamom pods
180 g soft butter (not melted and above)
300 to 320 g of flour (depending on quality)
80 to 100 g of icing sugar (to taste)
1 egg, lightly beaten
For Deco
80 g of crushed pistachios natures
3 or 4 tbsp brown sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
Open the cardamom pods, black seeds and get them crushed in a mortar to a fine powder.
Using an electric mixer fitted with the hook, combine the butter, beaten egg and icing sugar until the mixture is creamy. Add flour and cardamom powder and beat again. You should get a very soft pastry but firm enough to be shaped.
Roll the dough into a long coil of 5 cm in diameter, wrap tightly in greaseproof paper and store in freezer for 20 minutes.
Preheat oven to 160 ° C - heat ventilation.
Remove dough from freezer, brush with beaten egg and top with crushed pistachios. Wrap the dough again into the sheet of parchment paper and place in freezer for 20 minutes.
Cut into slices of 6 to 7 mm thick. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. The board must have cookies a nice light golden color.
Using an electric mixer fitted with the hook, combine the butter, beaten egg and icing sugar until the mixture is creamy. Add flour and cardamom powder and beat again. You should get a very soft pastry but firm enough to be shaped.
Roll the dough into a long coil of 5 cm in diameter, wrap tightly in greaseproof paper and store in freezer for 20 minutes.
Preheat oven to 160 ° C - heat ventilation.
Remove dough from freezer, brush with beaten egg and top with crushed pistachios. Wrap the dough again into the sheet of parchment paper and place in freezer for 20 minutes.
Cut into slices of 6 to 7 mm thick. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. The board must have cookies a nice light golden color.
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