Homemade marzipan thins
Ingredients
- ground-almond - 200g pack ground almond
- golden-caster-sugar - 200g golden caster sugar
- egg - 1 egg, beaten
- almond - few drops almond essence
- icing-mix - 175g royal icing mix
- lemon-juice - 2 - 3 tbsp lemon juice
- crystallised-fruit - small crystallised fruits, to decorate
Instructions
- Make the marzipan: mix the almonds and sugars until well combined. Add the egg and almond essence and mix to a stiff paste, using your hands to press the mixture together. Knead the marzipan briefly on a surface dusted with icing sugar, then roll out to a thickness of about 1cm.
- Line a baking sheet with baking parchment, then carefully set marzipan on top. Leave to set for 1 hr. Beat royal icing and lemon juice together, then spread evenly over the marzipan. Leave to dry overnight.
- Cut the iced marzipan with small cutters and press a piece of crystallised fruit into the centre of each. Pack into boxes interleaved with baking parchment.
Edible gift recipe for 4 – 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has ground almond, golden caster sugar, egg, almond, icing mix, lemon juice and crystallised fruit.
