Homemade marzipan thins
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Plus setting time
- Easy
- About 80
Ingredients
- 200g pack ground almond
- 200g golden caster sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- few drops almond essence
For the icing
- 175g royal icing mix
- 2 - 3 tbsp lemon juice
- small crystallised fruits, to decorate
Method
- STEP 1
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.
- STEP 2
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.
- STEP 3
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.
