What is marzipan and how to cook it?

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Surely you had to meet buns with marzipan more than once in pastry shops. And it is possible that you either heard from someone, or yourself used the expression "fried marzipans" as a synonym for something that does not exist, like bird's milk and fish fur. But what is marzipan?

This is neither a fruit nor a vegetable. Connoisseurs of the German language may say that this is “March bread”. Yes, the word itself is translated that way, but it is impossible to understand what marzipan is from this phrase. "March bread" is an elastic paste, most of all in consistency and properties reminiscent of plasticine.

Today it is difficult to say when and where they first learned how to make dough from almonds with powdered sugar, but many countries and peoples claim the title of "inventor". There is evidence that even in Byzantium they already knew what marzipan was. The Italians rest on the fact that in the Middle Ages they had a crop failure - almost all plantings died. Survived by a strange whim of fate, only almonds. So they began to grind it and bake bread from such flour. Italian championshipthe Sicilians dispute, claiming that it was they who began to use nut mixtures with sugar. And the French refer to the fact that it is their country that is considered the birthplace of the first confectioners, and it was they who came up with the idea of using marzipan for the cake. The recipe from the German city of Lübeck still causes fierce controversy in the confectionery environment. Masters sacredly observe professional secrecy, and the secret of making a nut mixture is not disclosed to anyone. The version that one must certainly put one bitter one for every hundred sweet nuts, although it gives a good result, still does not bring it closer to the original.

But be that as it may, marzipan is widely used in the confectionery industry all over the world. You can also make this delicious treat yourself.

Cooking marzipan at home

The recipe is simple, as you can see for yourself now. To make this delicacy you will need:

• 0.5 kg almonds;
• 10 bitter nuts;
• 200 g sugar or powdered sugar;
• 1 tbsp a spoonful of water.

Almonds need to be scalded with boiling water, peeled off, and then slightly dried in a slightly warm oven. In order for it not to burn, you can leave the stove open - it will be easier to control the process.

In a coffee grinder, grind the nucleoli into flour, add powdered sugar (if powder is not available, then grind sugar on the same coffee grinder) and mix thoroughly, as when preparing a regulartest. In the process of kneading, water should be periodically added in small doses. The easiest way to do this is with a spray gun. Almond oil will serve as a binding agent for the dough.

Wrap the finished mass in polyethylene or foil and refrigerate overnight. Marzipan can be stored in the cold for a long time, so having prepared it once for the future, you will then be able to use it at any time. If desired, you can color the mass with any food coloring and make a variety of tasty figures out of it for children.

Now you know what marzipan is and how it is prepared. Be sure that your loved ones will appreciate your confectionery masterpieces, decorated with original and delicious details.