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Almond Paste Marzipan Recipe

Veg CD CBF British 10mins

Almond Paste, also called Marzipan, is used to cover cakes, particularly rich fruit cakes such as Christmas cakes, before icing is applied. It can also be used to make sweets and confectionaries. Here is a traditional Almond Paste recipe.

Yield: Covers 1x 20cm/8 inch cake

Total time 10 min

Keywords: Cold Vegetarian Nuts Cakes Confectionery Gluten Wheat Dairy free

Ingredients

225g/8oz Icing Sugar
225g/8oz Caster Sugar
450g/1lb Ground Almonds
1 teasp Vanilla Extract
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
Lemon Juice

Instructions

1. Sift the icing sugar into a large mixing bowl and stir in the caster sugar and cream together with a wooden spoon until well mixed.

2. Add the almonds, vanilla essence and sufficient eggs and lemon juice to make a stiff paste.

3. Form into a ball and knead lightly. Roll out and use as described in the Christmas Cake recipe.

End of instructions

Special Equipment required to make this Recipe

	Large Mixing Bowl
	Wooden Spoon
	Rolling Pin

Key techniques required to make this Recipe

To Knead - A rhythmic action in dough making whereby one end of the dough is secured by the heel of one hand and stretched away, then pulled back over the top.

Serving Suggestions

Use to cover rich fruit cakes before icing

Can be moulded into shapes to create sweets and confectionery

Can be used to stuff dates

Main Ingredients

: Almonds:

: Icing Sugar:

: Eggs:

: Caster Sugar:

end of recipe

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