Figaro

Description
In Romanian: Figaro

Ingredients

 * 5 oz / 150 g butter
 * 3 tablespoons confectioner's sugar
 * 4 eggs
 * 8 oz / 250 g flour
 * peel and juice from ½ lemon
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla
 * ¼ teaspoon baking soda
 * 5 oz / 150 g sugar
 * 5 oz / 150 g ground walnuts
 * 10 oz / 300 g marmalade or preserves without syrup

Directions

 * 1) Mix the butter with 3 tablespoons confectioner's sugar, add the yolks one by one.
 * 2) Mix well.
 * 3) Add juice and grated lemon peel, baking soda and vanilla and knead with the flour.
 * 4) Roll into a finger thick sheet and place in a pan.
 * 5) Bake at low heat until the sheet starts to rise and gets a crust.
 * 6) Then remove from the oven and quickly spread a layer of marmalade or preserves, topping with the whipped egg whites which have been mixed with 5 oz / 150 g sugar and ground walnuts.
 * 7) Put in the oven again and bake.
 * 8) When done, let it cool in the pan.
 * 9) Then cut into squares or rectangles.