Cooked Marzipan Recipe

A white plate with cooked marzipan candy.

Marzipan is a sweet candy made with almond and sugar. You can make it in two versions; uncooked and boiled or cooked marzipan. This here is the cooked recipe that is surprisingly easy to make. You can fill marzipan in candy molds to make little candy or you can shape these to make marzipan fruits and you can also shape it to make Easter Eggs.

Course Dessert

Cuisine British, East-Indian, Indian

Keyword candy, cooked, East-Indian recipes, fruits, marzipan

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 20

Total Time 50

Servings servings

Calories 256kcal

Ingredients

225 grams Almonds or Cashews
450 grams Sugar fine
2 Egg whites beaten
120 ml Rose water
Food gel Colors

Instructions

Prepare Almond

Soak the almonds overnight in a bowl then peel the skins.
Pro tip - Alternatively, soaking the almonds covered in hot water for 30 minutes will help separate the skins too.
Place the blanched almonds in a food processor or blender with a little rose water.
Pro tip - add just enough rose water to blend otherwise the almonds won't grind to a fine paste

Cook the marzipan

Combine the egg whites, sugar, and ground almonds in a heavy bottom saucepan. Add the remaining rose water
Cook on low heat until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan. Remove from the pan and onto a lightly greased platter.
Pro tip - keep the heat on medium-low heat otherwise the egg whites in the mixture will curdle. Use a rubber spatula to stir if possible.
Cover with plastic wrap and let cool completely. When cooled, bring it all together into a mold, but do not over knead.
Pro tip - the mixture is very hot DO NOT try to touch it. The greased plate will prevent the mixture from sticking.
This marzipan can be put in molds to make marzipan candy or molded by hand to make marzipan fruits. You can even use it to make Easter eggs.
Pro tip - kneading marzipan will release the almond oils making it very oily.

Fill marzipan molds

Color the marzipan with food gel colors. Dust marzipan molds with powder sugar - tap off any excess. Fill marzipan into the mold cavity.
To unmold - Invert the mold on your hand and tap lightly on the back of the mold. If dusted well the marzipan candy should easily fall off the mold.
Place them on a platter and let them dry completely before storing them in an air tight continer.
Pro tip - marzipan can dry easily so make sure to keep them well wrapped at all times.

Notes

Grind the almonds to smooth paste otherwise, the finished marzipan will have a grainy texture.
Use LOW-heat and don't be impatient.
Cooking hot sugar can cause serious burns so be careful when stirring and taking it off the heat.
Cook the mixture on low heat otherwise the egg whites in the mixture will curdle and that's not pretty or tasty
Let the mixture cool, this will prevent the oils from releasing in the nuts.
Try not to knead - kneading releases the oils in the nuts. Adding color is often the time when people over knead.
Keep marzipan covered at all times so it does not dry out
You can also knead in 2 tbsp of cocoa powder to make chocolate marzipan.

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