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 1/2 lemon,
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla,
 * 1/4 teaspoon baking soda,
 * 5 oz/150 g sugar,
 * 5 oz/150 g ground walnuts,
 * 10 oz/300 g marmelade or preserves without syrup

Directions

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