Gevulde koek
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Gevulde koek ("filled cake") is a Dutch pastry, consisting of a rich almond paste filling encased in buttery shortcrust pastry.[1] Typically around 10 cm in diameter, it is often decorated with 1–5 whole or halved almonds atop. The number of almonds can signal quality, artisan bakers tend to use more almonds than mass-produced versions.
The almond paste found in artisanal or in-store bakery products use a blend of ground almonds, sugar, egg yolk, and lemon zest.[2] In contrast, mass-produced supermarket packages frequently use cheaper persipan, a pastry paste that may include vegetable fats, sugar, apricot kernels, or legume pastes instead of real almonds.[3]