Gently spread the almond mixture evenly over one piece of the puff pastry, leaving a 1/2-inch border ... 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract, 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, and 1/4 teaspoon ...

It can be hard to adopt other countries’ Christmas traditions and cherish them like our own, but when it comes to this Dutch log of almond paste, encased in puff pastry, I have no problem ...

Preheat the oven to 160C/140C Fan/Gas 3 and line a 20cm/8in tart tin with the pastry. Make an almond paste by beating together the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add the eggs one by one ...