This is ever the nature of true confession of sin, true brokenness. It is the confession that my sin is not just a mistake, a slip, a something which is really foreign to my heart (“Not really like me to have such thoughts or do such things!”), but that it is something which reveals the real ‘I’; that shows me to be the proud, rotten, unclean thing God says I am; that it really is like me to have such thoughts and do such things. It was in these terms that David confessed his sin, when he prayed, “Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned and done this evil in Thy sight, that Thou mightest be justified when Thou speakest and be clear when Thou judgest” (Psalm 51:4).

Roy Hession

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains	Italian	Desserts, Cakes, N. italian, Ethnic	12	Wedges

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Raw almonds
1/2	c	Granulated sugar
7	tb	Unsalted butter; melted and cooled
2		Egg yolks
2	ts	Lemon juice
		Grated zest of 1 lemon
1	ts	Vanilla extract
1/4	ts	Almond extract
7/8	c	Fine yellow cornmeal
3/4	c	All-purpose flour
	pn	Salt
1/4	c	Raw almonds or skinned toasted hazelnutsl coarsely chopped
2	tb	Turbinado sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Grnd the almonds to a coarse powder in a nut grinder or a mortar and
pestel, or grind them and 2-3 tablespoons of the granulated sugar in a
blender or food processor fitted with a steel blade to a coarse powder. add
the remaining sugar and process to a very fine powder. Transfer to a mixer
or a large mixing bowl and beat in butter until blended. Add the egg yolks,
lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla and almond extracts and mix until well
blended,  Sift the cornmeal, flour and salt ove rhte almond mixture and
stir untilt he dough comes together.  It is important not to overwork the
dough. Butter an 8 or 9 inch pie plate. Spread dough in the pan, using your
fingers to distribute the dough to edge. Sprinkle with almonds and
turbinado sugar. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake for 20 minutes. Reduce
the heat to 300 degrees and bake for 20 minutes longer. Cool completely on
a rack and cut into wedges to serve.
Source: Suzanne J Sams, 1023346,416 Formatted by Lisa Crawford, Easter 1996
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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