In the tales of famous German writersoften mentioned marzipan, an amazing sweet treat, which all children dream of, and which often symbolizes a childhood dream. Perhaps that's why, in the very sound of the word "marzipan", something magical, mysterious, leading to the mysterious world of childhood is heard. In fact, marzipan, a recipe of which can be found in old culinary books, is just a dense mass of a mixture of finely ground almonds and powdered sugar with a small amount of water from which the candies were made, made ornaments for cakes, Christmas cakes and cookies.
Currently, sweets from marzipanGermany is famous. Without this sweet treat, there is not a single children's party and a Christmas market. How to make marzipan? The classic recipe consists exclusively of ground almonds, the oil content of which allows achieving the best elasticity and stickiness of the mass, as well as powdered sugar and a small amount of water.
Marzipan. The recipe is classic for home cooking
A pound of sweet nuclei and a few nucleiBitter almonds need to be peeled off, and for this, it is scalded with boiling water. Peeled almonds are dried in a frying pan (can be in the oven) on a small fire, making sure that it does not darken and burnt. Then kernels of nuts need to be ground in a blender in a powder. 150 grams of powdered sugar must be sifted and mixed well with nut powder. In the sugar and nut mixture from the atomizer, add one spoonful of boiled water, continuously mixing the mixture so that it is evenly moistened. After that, the marzipan wet mixture is passed through the meat grinder four to five times and put in a saucepan for a slow fire, stirring and gradually adding another 50 grams of powdered sugar. The finished marzipan should be homogeneous, elastic and sufficiently sticky. From it form various figures for decorating cakes or simply treats for children.
There are other recipes for preparing this dainty, for example, without heat treatment. How to cook marzipan in another way? To improve the stickiness in the nut mixture, add egg white.
Marzipan. Cooking recipe with whipped whites
250 grams of almonds, ground into powder and 250grams of powdered sugar are well mixed in a bowl and add a small spoonful of lemon juice and egg whites whipped into a thick foam. The mixture is first kneaded in a mixer, and then with your hands, until it becomes smooth and plastic, so that you can easily roll it into a thin layer or form various shaped articles from it.
If desired, the marzipan mass is stained indifferent colors with food colors. Figures from marzipan can be dipped in a chocolate glaze made of white or dark chocolate, and you can roll the mass into a thin layer and cover the surface of the pie or cake instead of the glaze. From a thin layer, cut out various shapes in the shape of a Christmas tree, leaves, flower petals and figured on the surface of a cake. The marzipan mass, like plasticine, can be easily molded from it, so you can also introduce children to this activity.
In addition, the marzipan layer is usedbefore coating a cake with icing or royal icing. If you just put a layer of glaze on the cake, it dampens and loses its decorative properties. Therefore, before you cover it with a cake, finely rolled marzipan is placed on the cake, the recipe for cooking of which is better to use a classic, without proteins.
Ready marzipan should be stored in foil or film in the refrigerator. It retains its nutritional and taste characteristics for a long time.
