Marzipan, the recipe of which will be presented below, is one of the most convenient and delicious materials for decorating cakes, pastries, sweets and any other confectionery products. And it's good that it can be cooked at home.
Marzipan for cake
Most often, marzipan coating is used to decorate festive cakes, and in most cases of this material are made figures that are eaten in the first place. Marzipan for a cake, the recipe of which will be presented below, is distinguished by increased elasticity and can be used for the preparation of unusual edible figurines with the participation of children.
Ingredients:
- almonds - 1 item;
- water - 1/3;
- sugar - 1 tbsp.
Preparation
The recipe for preparing marzipan at first may seem complicated and incomprehensible, but if you strictly follow all the instructions and observe the necessary proportions, it quickly turns into a simple and amusing exercise.
The first thing is to clean the almonds from the peel, you need to pour all the kernels with boiling water for 2 minutes, then drain the water and allow them to cool. After boiling water, the peel from the nut is removed quickly and easily.
Purified almond kernels should be washed and dried in a frying pan, placing it on a slow fire. It is important not to roast the almonds, as you will have to repeat all the actions again.
Dried nuts should be ground into powder with a blender and put the resulting mass aside.
Now you need to start making sugar syrup. Sugar should be mixed with water and put the dishes to cook over low heat. The syrup should turn out rather dense, so that its drops can be rolled into a ball. It is also important not to overdo it with fire and not to turn the syrup into caramel, for this it must be constantly stirred.
In the finished syrup, you should add almond flour, then cook for a further 3 minutes, also on low heat. After that, you can let the mass cool down and roll it into a ball. If desired, the ball can roll out or give it any other shape. This marzipan can be stored in the refrigerator by wrapping it in a film.
Marzipan - a recipe at home
The following recipe will allow to prepare marzipan for modeling.
Ingredients:
- almonds - 250 g;
- granulated sugar - 130 g;
- egg white - 1 pc .;
- water - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- food coloring - 4 drops.
Preparation
Marzipan for modeling, the recipe of which is similar to the previous one, differs by the presence of flowers, which means it attracts the attention of the kids and gives vent to their rich imagination in the process of molding.
First you need to do the preparation of almond powder. For this, the almond grains should be poured with boiling water and cook it over a slow fire for a minute, then drain the water and peel the almond. Peeled peeled grain should be dried in a frying pan, putting it on a slow fire for 2-3 minutes.
Dry and clean grains should be sent to a blender and ground to a consistency of flour. Next, the resulting mass should be added sugar, protein and water, carefully mixing the ingredients after adding each of them.
The resulting mass must be divided into 4-5 equal parts. In each of the parts, add the food color of the chosen color and mix the ingredients again.
You will have a multi-colored marzipan, a consistency reminiscent of clay. It is from such a marzipan that it is most convenient to mold figurines, and children like it for bright colors, suppleness and edibility.
A ready marzipan can be used to decorate your favorite cakes, for example "Pavlova" , or "Black Prince" .