For 100 g, you will need:
- 0
50 g ground almonds - 1
50 g icing sugar - 2
½ teaspoon egg white - 3
½ tablespoon Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac) - Total weight: 110 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 9 min. | 9 min. |
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Weigh out 50 g ground almonds and 50 g icing sugar. Pastry cooks call this proportion "equal parts".
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Put this mixture into a food-mixer bowl and add ½ tablespoon Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac).
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Start mixing and add the egg white a little at a time until the dough clumps into a ball (this only takes a few seconds).
Stop the mixer immediately so as not to overheat the marzipan.
Stop the mixer immediately so as not to overheat the marzipan.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Flatten the Armagnac marzipan into a "cake" and wrap with plastic film. Keep in the fridge until needsd.
Remarks
Feel free to adjust the quantity of Armagnac to suit your taste, either more or less.
You can vary this recipe by using another favourite alcohol from your own "cellar". It is worth noting that, traditionally, any marzipan that is not plain is left uncoloured.
You can vary this recipe by using another favourite alcohol from your own "cellar". It is worth noting that, traditionally, any marzipan that is not plain is left uncoloured.
Keeping
Several weeks in the fridge.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 542 Kcal or 2,269 Kj | 10 gr | 59 gr | 28 gr |
| 27 % | 4 % | 6 % | 4 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 493 Kcal or 2,064 Kj | 9 gr | 53 gr | 25 gr |
| 25 % | 3 % | 5 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Moist cereal bars, Financier batter, Santiago Cake, Stuffed prunes, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, ... All |
 | Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Swiss meringues, Rich hazelnut buttercream, Oat financiers for Louise, Stuffed prunes, Santiago Cake, ... All |
 | Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cocktail sauce, Crème de foie gras, Foie gras cured in salt, Chilli langoustines, Home-made terrine of foie gras, ... All |
 | Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond tuiles, Pistachio madeleines, Amiens macaroons, Swiss meringues, Ice-cream Vacherin, ... All |
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