By marzipan is understood the almond mass, obtained by mixing in certain proportions of ground nut, sugar or fructose powder or honey. The plasticity of this product makes it possible to use it for decorating cakes and making sweets, but amazing taste and originality for use as a filling when preparing homemade cakes.
Next, we will tell you how to quickly and simply cook dense marzipan for cakes at home, and also we will offer a recipe for filling for buns or croissants .
Marzipan with honey for cakes - recipe for cooking at home
Ingredients:
- almonds - 520 g;
- powdered sugar - 420 g;
- liquid honey -110 g;
- Essence of almond - 2-3 drops;
- dyes (if necessary);
- milk - 240 ml.
Preparation
Preparing home marzipan for this recipe, we will rid the almonds from the shell first. To do this, place the almonds in a ladle or saucepan, pour boiling water, cook for one or two minutes, then throw it back in a colander and after cooling it is easy to clean. Now we wash the peeled almonds under running water, let it drain and dry it a little on a dry frying pan. Do not allow to roast the nuts, and we only get them to dry out.
Now place the almonds in the blender's container and grind it to a puree texture, then add honey and sugar powder. It is at the expense of the latter that we achieve the necessary mass density, so that it can be conveniently rolled and used to prepare figures for the cake. If desired and necessary, the marzipan mass can be tinted by adding a colorant of the desired color during the mixing process.
Prepared by this recipe, marzipan can be used not only for decorating cakes. It will make incredibly delicious homemade sweets, if you cut the rolled mass into equal parts, cover them with melted chocolate or other glaze and let it freeze.
Marzipan - recipe at home with syrup for buns
Ingredients:
- almonds - 220 g;
- granulated sugar - 160 g;
- water - 90 ml.
Preparation
Prepared marzipan paste according to this recipe is ideal for making buns with marzipan or croissants.
To begin with, as in the previous version, we rid the almonds from the shells by placing them in boiling water and boiling for a couple of minutes. After cooling, the skins easily separate and the almonds are cleaned. Now put the obtained peeled nuts in the blender's container along with the sugar and grind them into very small crumbs. Now we put the received mass in a saucepan, add water, put it on a stove for moderate fire and cook until the evaporation of excess moisture and the desired thickening of the filling. In some cases, more dense texture is used to make baking with marzipan, while in others it is more liquid.