The pursuit of yummy food: Alfajores (Alpha Whore)

Alfajores are one of my favorite Christmas sweets ever. They were my grandfather’s favorites too and he facetiously called them mojoncitos, that is, little turds haha because of their shape and color. They were wrapped in beautiful colored transparent paper. This is how you make it: blend in a big glass container 1 cup of toasted almonds, 1 cup of hazelnuts, 3 cloves and 4 tablespoons of aniseed with a couple of tablespoons of olive oil. Then you blend about 12 breadsticks and set them aside, and make a syrup in a pan with 60 grams of sugar and 60 grams of water, setting it aside when it starts boiling. In another pan you boil about a glass of honey until it starts bubbling and add it to the almond and hazelnuts mix, with 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, 2 tablespoons of cilantro seeds and 3 tablespoons of sesame seeds, keep kneading with the breadsticks powder and the syrup and shape then like bullets to your taste. You let it all cool off and make another syrup with 100 grams of water and 100 grams of sugar. When it starts boiling you take it off the heat and let it cool off. Then you bathe the bullets in the syrup and sink them in a big bowl with confectioners sugar. Keep them stored in a pretty box. ideal to eat for merienda afternoon snack with a cup of coffee or tea. Scrumptious!