How to Prepare Homemade Simple Marzipan (Almond Paste)

Simple Marzipan (Almond Paste)
Simple Marzipan (Almond Paste)

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, simple marzipan (almond paste). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Simple Marzipan (Almond Paste) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Simple Marzipan (Almond Paste) is something which I have loved my entire life.

Making marzipan from scratch is easier than you might think. Furthermore, it's a lot cheaper than store-bought! Almond paste is a key ingredient in marzipan and many other European-style candies and pastries. It can be expensive to buy in stores but luckily it's easy to make at home.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have simple marzipan (almond paste) using 3 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Simple Marzipan (Almond Paste):
  1. Take 1 cup (about 100g) Almond Meal
  2. Prepare 1 cup (about 120g) Icing Sugar (Powdered Sugar)
  3. Get 2 tablespoons Milk *You can use Water instead

Once I realized how simple and delicious it was, I never went back to buying them. Lebanese MARZIPAN (Almond Paste) & LOZINA (Pistachio Paste) / مرصبان بالفستق الحلبي. I have grown to love it over the years. Also, it's used in one of my all time favorites, Swedish Princess Cake.

Steps to make Simple Marzipan (Almond Paste):
  1. Store-bought Almond Meals is sometimes too coarse for the Marzipan to use for decoration. Choose finely ground Almond Meal, OR grind or process until fine. If you use it as filling for cake or tart, it’s not the issue.
  2. Combine Almond Meal and Icing Sugar in a bowl.
  3. Add 2 tablespoons (OR slightly less) Milk and mix well, then knead until required texture is achieved. If it is too wet, add extra Almond Meal. If too dry, add a very small amount Milk. *Note: 1 tablespoon is 15ml.
  4. To make softer Marzipan, simply add more Milk.

I have grown to love it over the years. Also, it's used in one of my all time favorites, Swedish Princess Cake. Making Marzipan starts with blanching almonds, processing them until they are finely ground and then adding the remaining ingredients. To prevent rancidity of the almond oil it should be protected from direct light and stored in a cold and dark place. While they both are made of almonds, marzipan and almond paste are completely different creatures.

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