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Marzipan




Source of Recipe


Original recipe from Chef Celia Regev - posted to RC by Brenda Lee Olson


Recipe Introduction


Marzipan is an almond and sugar paste used to ice cakes and other pastries or sculpted into a variety of shapes to be eaten as candy or used as cake decorations.



List of Ingredients




1 cup finely ground almonds or almond flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 egg white (about 1 1/2 tablespoons)


*flavoring, optional, see Author's Notes below



Recipe



Place the almonds and sugar in a food processor equipped with a steel blade and process, adding just enough egg white to bind the sugar and the almonds together.

If it is too soft, add a bit more ground almonds or almond flour.

Yield: 1 1/2 cups marzipan

* Author's Note: Celia suggests adding a little cognac, rum, orange-blossom water, orange peel, cinnamon, coriander, or whatever flavor you like to the marzi­pan before processing.