The Best of Polish Cooking/Karen West 2000

Date Mazurek II (Mazurek Daktylowy II)
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INGREDIENTS:
7 egg whites 2 cups sugar 2-1/4 cups ground or very finely chopped almonds
2 cups pitted chopped dates 1/2 pound grated, bittersweet chocolate ICING: 1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water 1 tablespoon lemon juice



1 Beat egg whites until stiff while slowly adding sugar. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend well. Grease and flour a cookie sheet and spread mixture over it evenly. Bake at 200F for 25 minutes. Cool and frost with the following icing.
2 ICING: Cook sugar and water until syrup spins a thread (about 230 to 234 F). Then whirl in blender or beat with a wooden spoon until mixture thickens. Cool, then blend in the lemon juice. Frost cake and let set before slicing into squares.

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