For 200 g, you will need:
- 0
1 cup ground almonds - 1
½ cup icing sugar - 2
1 teaspoon egg white - 3
1 tablespoon Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac)
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 1 cup ground almonds and ½ cup icing sugar. Pastry cooks call this proportion "equal parts".
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Put this mixture into a food-mixer bowl and add 1 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 |
| 1,084 Kcal or 4,538 Kj | 19 gr | 118 gr | 55 gr |
| 54 % | 7 % | 11 % | 8 % |
| 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: Linzer torte, Succès praliné (praline meringue), Moist cereal bars, Santiago Cake, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, ... All |
 | Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Jam doughnuts, Finger biscuits, Arlesian Biscuits, Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Chocolate almond cookies, ... All |
 | Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Pistachio "Financiers", Calissons, How to add beaten eggs whites to a mixture, Macaronade mixture, ... All |
 | Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Terrine of foie gras, Stuffed prunes, Coq au vin, Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), Pâté de campagne, ... All |
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