havent tried it but love making cakes but wanted to know if it is worth it to make it.
2006-10-02 08:37:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I had it as a kid. It is an awfully sweet candy made from almond paste. It is almost too sickeningly sweet and you can only eat a little bit of it because of that.But is festive as it is colorful and comes in the shapes usually of fruits and veggies.
2006-10-02 08:40:31 · answer #1 · answered by COACH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mmmmm, Santa always puts a large dark chocolate covered bar of marzipan in my stocking and I nibble away at it for ages. You can try it at any specialty chocolate shop.
The kind for putting on a cake is much finer / smoother (probably has more icing sugar in it) and available in the baking section of the grocery store especially around Christmas time for rolling and warpping the Christmas cake in.
2006-10-02 15:46:50 · answer #2 · answered by Barbados Chick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm allergic to almonds but my grandma loves it. I found this recipe for you. Hope this helps.
Enjoy!
75 - 100 grams / 3 - 4 oz of ground almonds
1 cup of icing sugar
½ cup of castor sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons of fresh strained lemon juice
½ teaspoon of almond essence
In a medium sized bowl or food processor mix together the ground almonds, icing sugar and castor sugar. Make a well in the centre of the mixture and add the egg yolk, strained lemon juice and essence. Taste and add more essence if desired. Mix together thoroughly. Turn out onto the bench dusted with a mixture of icing sugar and cornflour and knead the mixture until smooth. Use as required.
2006-10-02 15:42:04 · answer #3 · answered by Zsoka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marzipan by itself is pretty sweet, but when mixed with other ingredients, or used as a filling, is super great! It is basically sweetened coarse-ground almond butter. I love it spread on a tart shell with fruit on top. Also good in cookies.
2006-10-02 15:44:10 · answer #4 · answered by Tricia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG yes its great my wife is german and we get it sent to us from there but home made would have tobe as good right?..yes its worth the try. comes out more like a fudge though
2006-10-02 15:42:40 · answer #5 · answered by motox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love it too. It has an almond flavour. I would buy it at your bakery shop. It`s great for petit fours.
2006-10-02 15:41:15 · answer #6 · answered by Hamish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally i find the taste very unpleasant however most people do really like the taste
2006-10-02 16:01:51 · answer #7 · answered by carcaterra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's awful and I won't eat anything containing it.
2006-10-02 15:45:09 · answer #8 · answered by K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋