Marcepan

2 pounds

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1poundsAlmonds (blanched), finely ground
1poundsSugar, powdered (confectioner's sugar)
Food colouring
2tablespoonsOrange water or rose water (Can be obtained from your local drugstore)
Decorations

Directions

Combine ground almonds, sugar and flavouring in a saucepan. Cook until mixture leaves side of pan. Roll almond mixture on a flat surface to about ½-inch thickness. Cut into shapes, mold, paint with food colouring, decorate, etc. Place on wax paper to dry for 2 hours.

NOTES:

* 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.

: Difficulty: easy.

: Time: ½ hour plus time to decorate.

: Precision: Approximate measurement OK.

: 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@... or

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