[Sca-cooks] Marzipan

[Kirrily Robert]

Brighid wrote:
>Last night I tried making peach pits with commercial almond paste.  It
>looked just as good, and was easier to handle than my homemade, BUT the flavor
>was very different.  The commercial paste has such a strong almond flavor
>that the cinnamon got lost.

Many people who don't like commercial marzipan do like my home-made
marzipan.  I think the commercial stuff has heaps of almond essence in
it, and it's overwhelming.

Yours,

Katherine

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