[Sca-cooks] Marzipan

[Olwen the Odd]

Was it labeled "almond paste" or was it labeled "marzipan"?  If it was just
almond paste you should have mixed it with sugar to make marzipan.  What do
you do with cinnimon?  I don't use it.  I just use Saunder.
Olwen
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>
> > 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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