Marzipan at home

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Marzipan is a plastic mass consisting of the consistency of crushed almonds and sugar (syrup). This flexible and at the same time moderately dense material is intensively used for the production of various figurines that serve as edible decorations for cakes. Marzipan is included in sweets, pies, cookies, and is also consumed as an independent dessert, because it is a true sweet delicacy with a nutty smell and taste!

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We suggest creating marzipan at home by forming a plastic mixture with your own hands. The recipe is very easy, especially if you have a temperature indicator and a stationary blender in the kitchen. But even if you weren’t lucky enough to have such “assistants,” preparing dessert is completely possible. Instead of a blender, you can grind the nuts in a coffee grinder, and boil the syrup without the role of a temperature indicator - details in the recipe.

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Ingredients:

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almonds (raw, not roasted) - 100 g;
sugar - 150 g;
water - 40 g.

Marzipan recipe at home with photos

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We begin production by cleaning the almonds. To do this, put the nuts in a suitable container and pour boiling water over them. Leave for 10 minutes.
After the specified time, drain the liquid. By pressing the kernel with your fingers, remove the steamed and swollen shell. If the nuts are difficult to peel, add boiling water again.
Next, the peeled almonds must be dried completely. This is an essential step, otherwise it will not be possible to grind the nuts to the state of crumbly flour. You can dry the almond kernels naturally by spreading them in a single layer on a flat plate and leaving them at room temperature for 1-2 days. Or heat it in a dry frying pan, constantly stirring the nuts and keeping the heat low. The second option is still the most playful, but here it is important not to fry the almonds and not to let them brown - the kernels should remain light.
Grind dry nuts into powder using a coffee grinder or stationary blender. The mass should look like flour. The finer the grind, the more elastic the marzipan will be.
Prepare sweet syrup. Pour the entire portion of sugar into water and boil.
While stirring, keep the mixture over moderate heat up to 120 degrees. The most common and error-free method is to use a kitchen temperature gauge. If it is not there, it will be more difficult to seize the moment. You will have to focus on the “soft ball”, in other words, scoop up a small amount of syrup with a spoon and drop it into a bowl of cool water. If a soft jelly-like ball can be formed from the syrup frozen in water, then the mixture has reached the appropriate temperature.
Add all the nut crumbs to the bubbling syrup. With active and continuous stirring, keep the mixture on the fire for a few more minutes. Place the prepared almond mixture on a dish lightly greased with refined oil. Leave until cool.
Then we again scroll the almond mass in a coffee grinder or blender bowl - we break up the stuck together lumps.
All that remains is to bring the marzipan to the appropriate plastic state. If the mixture is very crumbly and does not gather into a single lump, add cool boiled water and knead by hand (it is important to add liquid in very small portions so as not to overdo it!). If the marzipan, on the other hand, comes out too soft, bring it to a suitable mixture by adding sweet powder.
This yields about 250 g of finished marzipan. If it will not be consumed immediately, we form a block, wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator. Before use, keep at room temperature and lightly knead the mass with your fingers to restore plasticity.

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Marzipan at home is ready! You can paint it with food coloring and use it to create various figures, make homemade sweets using it, or eat it just like that. An example of the use of marzipan can be seen in the recipes for the “Piglets in the Mud” and “Piglet in the Garden” cakes. Enjoy your tasting and happy cooking!

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Marzipan: what exactly is it and how to prepare it at home

The marzipan recipe came to our country from Europe. This dish is a mixture of almonds, crushed into flour, with sweet syrup or powder. It is quite often confused with persipan, the basis of which is apricot (in the latter case, peach) kernels. Nowadays, marzipan is made from peanuts and other nuts.

It is consumed not only in its pure form, but also used for the manufacture of other confectionery products: cakes (inside, decoration), sweets, figured sweets. There is even a recipe for marzipan liqueur. Let's look at how to create marzipan without the help of others at home. It is prepared using one cool or hot method.

Cool marzipan recipe

The distinctive feature of this method is the mixture of goods in their raw form without heat treatment. If the finished mass has a crumbly consistency and does not stick together, this indicates a low quality of almonds (contains the missing amount of oil).

Ingredients for the mass:

sweet powder – 165 g;
almonds (kernels) – 225 g;
water – 1.5 tablespoons.

Boiling water is also useful, which is used to facilitate the process of peeling nuts. Homemade marzipan is prepared step by step as follows:

Almonds are poured with boiling water and left for a couple of minutes to soften the skin, after which it is simply removed and the kernels are dried on a clean towel.
The nuts are poured onto a baking sheet and, with repeated stirring, are dried on the baking sheet (do not overcook!).
Next, you need to grind it to flour using a food processor or blender.
Mix with sweet powder and the indicated amount of water (preferably boiled).
The mass is kneaded until smooth; when finished, it should have a thickness similar to plasticine. It is allowed to add a small amount of additional water if the mixture is crumbly and does not stick well.
Then marzipan figures are formed, for example, fruits or others.

Using this standard method, a tasty nut mass is produced - a sweetness that can be served not only for family members, but also for guests. It is not necessary to create shapes; you can form a loaf and cut it into even circles.

Roast marzipan - regular recipe

This method differs from the previous one by introducing sugar instead of powder, and the manufacturing process includes heat treatment.

Ingredients for the dish:

sweet almonds – 250 g;
fruit sugar – 100 g;
bitter almonds – 7-8 pcs.;
water – 1/2 spoon.

Adding water is almost always not necessary if the nuts are high quality, as they contain sufficient oil.

The following scheme will help you prepare tender marzipan at home using the hot method:

To remove the skin, boiling water is also used, which is poured over the nut and left for a couple of minutes to soften it. When the skin is removed, excess water is removed with a clean towel.
The nuts are poured onto a baking sheet and dried while stirring (there is no need to fry them until they change color, just dry them slightly).
Using a mortar, blender or combine (if there is an appropriate mode and attachment), the product is crushed to the state of flour.
Powder purchased from fruit sugar is added (you can also use a blender or mechanical coffee grinder).
When it becomes homogeneous, add water (cool, boiled) in small portions while stirring.
The mixture is placed in a fireproof container with a thick bottom and, at the lowest heat on the stove, is heated until thickened. It is imperative to stir throughout the entire heat treatment process. The finished confectionery product made from almond dough should simply lag behind the dishes.
The product is laid out on a flat surface, previously sprinkled with powder, and shaped into a loaf, sausages or figures of any shape.

Marzipan, prepared by this or the previous method, can be used as the inside of buns, rolls or cookies (including puff pastry).

Homemade sweets with almond mass (marzipan)

Sweets prepared at home will not only decorate any table, but can also be used as a gift for family members and friends on some holiday. What is marzipan used to make sweets made from? Classic products: almonds, sugar or powder.

chocolate – 300 g;
brown sugar – 300 g;
almonds (kernels) – 300 g;
raisins – 75 g;
water – 4-5 spoons;
dried apricots – 7-8 pcs.

The addition of dried apricots or raisins can be increased or decreased due to one of the ingredients. You can add cognac if the treat is intended for adults.

First, marzipan is prepared: peeled and dried nuts in a frying pan/baking tray, crushed to flour and mixed with syrup (sugar and water are boiled until the grains dissolve).
The purchased mass is divided into three parts: one will be with dried apricots, the other with raisins, and the third without filler. Every piece is painstakingly kneaded.
Raisins are added whole, and dried apricots are cut into small pieces.
Candies with marzipan can have any shape: hearts, balls, triangles and others.
Chocolate melted in a water bath is poured into a comfortable wide bowl in which the sweets will be dipped. To ensure an even layer of chocolate and not damage the integrity of the product, you can use a spoon or toothpicks (string the sweetness and dip it in chocolate).
The blanks are laid out on parchment and left for some time in a cold place or refrigerator for the glaze to harden.

As you can see from the recipes, preparing this sweet for us takes a minimum of time and does not require a huge amount of goods. But its taste cannot be compared with store-bought sweets. You can use cherries, candied fruits, coconut, nuts and others as filling or filling.

There are several more options for making marzipan at home. For example, one of these recipes involves adding a raw chicken egg. But the introduction of raw eggs, especially during the hot season, is not necessary for natural reasons.

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Marzipan at home

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Ingredients:

Making a dish step by step:

To create marzipan at home, take raw sweet almonds, sweet powder, egg white and Almond flavoring (this is an essential ingredient, because without it the finished dessert will not have the appropriate rich smell).

Pour nuts (250 grams) into a suitable container and pour boiling water over them so that the liquid completely covers the almonds. Leave for 10-15 minutes so that the water cools down a little.

Then drain the water. Thanks to the warm “bath”, the nut skin has swollen and moved away from the kernels - you can peel the almonds. This is done very simply and quite quickly - we hold the nut between the fingers of one hand, pick out a piece of skin with the other and simply press on the nut. Just be careful: almond kernels are slippery, they practically jump out of the skin and can fly quite far.

Next, the peeled almonds need to be dried. Drying methods may vary. For example, if you are not in a hurry, dry almonds at room temperature for about a couple of days - the time depends on the humidity in the room. To do this, you need to place the nuts on a tray or wide flat dish and stir them from time to time. In addition, you can quickly dry the almonds in a dry frying pan, in the oven or in the microwave. But here it is important not to overcook the nuts and not let them brown - the almonds should remain light.

When the nuts are dry, you can prepare homemade marzipan. For this we will need a food processor with an iron knife attachment. Pour the almonds (it comes out a little less than 250 grams - we removed the skin) into a bowl, add 250 grams of sweet powder.

We beat the nuts with sweet powder until they turn into homogeneous flour. The finer the grind, the smoother the marzipan will be. There should be no nut crumbs left in almond flour with sweet powder. If you can feel the crumbs, sift the mass through a sieve, and beat large pieces again in a food processor. All that remains is to add to the mixture 50 grams (this is the white from 1.5 medium-sized eggs) of raw egg white and 1 milliliter of Almond flavoring (I use Dr. Oetker - this is half a bottle). Almost everyone is afraid of raw chicken eggs, but I’ll tell you one secret: if you dip a raw chicken egg (carefully wash it first) in boiling water for one minute, and then place it in a container with ice water, the possibility of salmonellosis infection is minimized.

Again we punch everything together: the dry part combines with the protein - this is marzipan. In this recipe, I calculated all the proportions in such a way that the marzipan was impeccable both in mixture and in sweetness. If for some reason your mixture is still falling apart, add more protein. Very soft marzipan can be made more elastic by adding sweet powder.

In total, the indicated amount of ingredients yields just over 500 grams of fragrant and very tasty homemade marzipan.

It is not sticky at all, smooth and unbeatably moldable. I usually roll marzipan into bars and then store them in the freezer (up to several months) in an airtight container or bag. By the way, even after being frozen, marzipan does not become woody and can be cut perfectly with a knife.

Homemade marzipan is one of the most delicious and fragrant desserts you can imagine. Various figures for decorating cakes, candies, cookies, Easter cakes, strudels, filling for confectionery products. You can safely experiment with marzipan by adding it to a variety of desserts. Irishka, thank you very much for your order: try making marzipan using this recipe and I think you literally won’t need the rest. Bon appetit, friends!

Marzipan recipes for making at home

Marzipan is a common European dessert made from ground almonds and sweet powder or syrup. It is consumed as an independent delicacy, used in the manufacture of sweets, bars, bars, used for decorating desserts, sculpting figures, and as the inside of cakes, cookies, and pastries.

What is marzipan made from?

At first glance, marzipan seems like a common product to make, because it consists of almonds, sugar and additives - berries, fruits, cocoa, vanilla, rose water and others. But the recipes for this sweet are painstakingly preserved by all confectioners and passed on through generations. Everything is fundamental here - the proportions and properties of the ingredients, the degree of grinding, the types, the amount of additives, the manufacturing method. The recipe affects the thickness, taste and smell of the dessert, so everyone prepares it in their own way.

Development of marzipan production

There are two methods for producing marzipan:

Cool (raw) development, as a result of which the product is not subjected to heat treatment. Almonds are ground into flour and combined with sweet powder. The presence of a huge amount of oils in the almond kernel ensures the connection of goods and gives marzipan plasticity. This dessert is considered healthier, but to create it you need the freshest, not overdried nut.
The burning development involves slight heat treatment of the ingredients, as a result of which the delicacy retains a large part of the necessary microelements. Marzipan is made from almond flour and sweet syrup.

Roasted almonds are more common. It is stored longer and allows you to add various flavoring and aromatic additives to the recipe.

Marzipan is prepared at home from raw, peeled almonds. To remove the husk, the kernels are placed in boiling water and boiled for 2 minutes or poured with boiling water for half an hour. After which the skin is simply removed by hand. Dry unblemished almonds in a dry frying pan for up to 5 minutes or in the oven at 100° C for about 15–20 minutes. It is important that the nut does not roast or darken.

To grind almond seeds, it is better to use a powerful blender or load the nut in small portions. To remove large particles, the flour should be sifted.

Raw marzipan recipe

If you want to make marzipan that will retain maximum usefulness, use this recipe. Treats do not last long, so it is better to use small proportions of goods. Marzipan comes out slightly crumbly, so it is not suitable for modeling, but can be used as an independent sweet or in baked goods.

Ingredients:

200 g raw almonds;
200 g sweet powder;
2 ml almond extract;
dye - optional.

Grind almonds into flour. Add the previously sifted powder evenly, kneading the dough. Then pass it through a meat grinder 3 times to make it more elastic. Add flavoring at the end. You can replace it with 1 dessert spoon of cognac or a tablespoon of snow-white wine.

If the mass is very dense, add a spoonful of molasses or water. If watery, add sweet powder until you achieve the desired mixture.

DIY traditional custard marzipan

This recipe is more universally suitable. It allows you to prepare ordinary marzipan, which can be used as a treat or for decorating cakes. The product is stored in the refrigerator, in cling film, for up to 2-3 weeks, sometimes longer.

Ingredients:

1 cup almond flour;
1 cup refined sugar;
1/3 cup unstained water;
flavorings - optional (essence, cinnamon, cognac, vanilla, etc.).

Place sugar diluted in water over low heat. Boil the mixture until thick, so that a drop of syrup can be rolled into a ball. With all this, it is important not to overcook the mixture and not turn it into caramel.

Pour the almond crumbs into the bubbling syrup and carefully stir the mixture with a wooden spoon. After a couple of minutes, the dough will transform from a mushy state into a plastic mass.

To give the marzipan its shape, place it in a container greased with vegetable oil or covered with film.

Recipe for elastic homemade marzipan

Eggless marzipan is a common European dessert. But often at home, cooks add egg white to the dessert, which makes it possible to add enormous stickiness and strength to the marzipan dough. According to this recipe, marzipan often turns out successful at home.

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped almonds;
1 dec. l. lemon juice
250 g sweet powder;
1 fresh egg white;
flavorings - optional.

Marzipan is prepared using cool technology.

Combine ground almonds with sweet powder and stir. Add egg white and lemon juice. Transfer the mixture to a table sprinkled with powder and knead until a plastic dough is obtained. If necessary, add more powder to the dough to increase density. The dessert can be stored for up to 1 week in the refrigerator. It is suitable for decorating baked goods and sculpting figures.

Marzipan is a tasty, fragrant and healthy delicacy. Almond sweetness will decorate a festive table and bring pleasure to an ordinary day. It’s difficult to prepare, and if you don’t have time for this, you can buy marzipan made according to verified recipes in the Marzipan House store.