Marzipan (almond paste)

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 300 g, you will need:

• 1 150 g icing sugar
• 2 150 g ground almonds
• 3 1 egg white
• 4 7 drops food colouring (optional)
• Total weight: 330 grams

Times:

Preparation
15 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Put 150 g ground almonds in a bowl, then sieve on top 150 g icing sugar. We use the sieve to remove any lumps. Mix the two thoroughly, this mix is call "tant-pour-tant" (like-for-like) by French pastrycooks.
2	Pour the mixture into a food processor. If you want a coloured marzipan, add a few drops of food colouring at this point.
3	Turn on the food processor, and add egg white, spoon by spoon...
4	...until the mixture forms a ball, which takes a maximum of 2 minutes.
5	Place the resulting ball on a sheet of cling film.
6	Flatten into a patty and fold the film carefully. Put in the fridge until use.

Remarks

It's delicious on its own, but can be used for modelling cake decorations, put in the bottom of a tart, or for making several cakes.

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