MARCEPAN

Marzipan

This recipe could be used as part of a 12 course meal known in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve.

Ingredients

(Makes 2 lbs)

500 g blanched almonds, finely ground
500 g powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar)
30 ml orange water or rose water (Can be obtained from your local drugstore)
food colouring and decorations

Procedure

Combine ground almonds, sugar and flavouring in a saucepan. Cook until mixture leaves side of pan.
Roll almond mixture on a flat surface to a 1-cm thickness. Cut into shapes, mold, paint with food colouring, decorate, etc.
Place on wax paper to dry for 2 hours.

Rating

Difficulty: easy.
Time: 1/2 hour plus time to decorate.
Precision: Approximate measurement OK.

Contributor

 
Original recipe passed down through the generations and 
translated from Polish into English (with a few mods) by 
Edward Chrzanowski 
MFCF, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 
echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu or {ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski

Recipe last modified: 1 Dec 87

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