The cook, instead of stirring the eggs and almond paste mixture into the pastry, spread it on top of the jam.
Bear claws contain almond paste or additionally raisins.
Almond paste is the most common flavoured variety.
Almond paste is used as a filling in pastries, but it can also be found in chocolates and as a higher quality alternative to marzipan.
Traditionally there is family brunch with "kerststol" (fruited raisinbread; often filled with almond paste).
Marzipan (or almond paste) may also be used as a cake ingredient, as in stollen.
Royal icing, marzipan (or a less sweet version, known as almond paste), fondant icing (also known as sugarpaste) and buttercream are used as covering icings and to create decorations.
