Marzipan help?!
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Answers: okay so i need to make marzipan and i have the egg white and the suar and i have 2 cups of GROUND ALMOND but i do not have corn syrup or almond extract. can you please provide me with an easy but geat tasty recipe
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This is your lucky day, here are more recipes to look though:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search?q=Marzip...
Both recipes below call for extra fine ground blanched almonds. In commercial bakeries the almonds are finely grounded by passing them through granite rollers. The finer the almonds the better your results will be.
The uncooked Marzipan is kneaded together until smooth and is then stored in an airtight container or plastic bag over night.
For cooked Marzipan add the sugar to the water in a saucepan and cook until the sugar is dissolved. Add the almonds and cook it until the batter stops sticking to the pan. Remove from heat and place onto a marble slap, wooden board or a sheet pan. While still warm knead first with a wooden spatula and then by hand until smooth. Store in an airtight container or plastic bag.
Marzipan can be softened by adding small amounts of syrup to it, if too soft add additional powdered sugar to it.
Basic recipes
Marzipan uncooked
1/4 pound ground blanched almonds
1/4 pound powdered sugar
1 egg white
1/4 tsp. salt
Marzipan cooked
3 cups sugar
1 cup water
4 cups ground blanched almonds
Here is a couple of recipes..
http://www.pastrywiz.com/season/marzipan...
Not a recipe, but if you're interested anyway, I once colored some commercially made marzipan with food coloring--wearing plastic gloves, of course--by kneading the color drop by drop into a portion of marzipan. I then rolled the pieces flat, and using a step-by-step picture demonstration of making flowers with gumdrops from an old Betty Crocker cookbook (1970s), I created red roses and green stems and leaves of the colored marzipan. I used them for decoration for an Easter basket, along with some homemade and store bought candy, for an Easter basket auction at a place I used to work for. It got, if I remember right, a record-setting high bid.
You could, if you wish, make small flowers out of colored marzipan and use them on a cake or cupcakes if they're small enough, as edible decorations.