[Sca-cooks] Playing with Marzipan....

[Elaine Koogler]

I have also found that a hint that I found somewhere (don't remember where....)
works really well....I keep a dish of orange juice (without pulp works best) that I
use to rinse my fingers when they get too sticky.

Kiri

Olwen the Odd wrote:

> >Hey All,
> >       The marzipan posts of late started the gears and cogs in my imagination
> >ticking so I got a small bit of marzipan to play with.  Now I have heard of
> >wondrous creations made out of this stuff and mine still looks like
> >uncooked
> >sugar cookie dough and is about as agreeable to my sculpting efforts.  Do
> >you leave it out once sculpted to harden up or do you bake it?  Any
> >suggestions as to neato things I can try here?  *looks at the poor lump of
> >neglected marzipan*
> >~Melody
> >
> Oh goodie Melody is going to play with marzipan!!  So much fun.  Well, to
> begin with, if you want to colour marzipan and don't mind if it's not some
> period tinture then use the gel or paste rather than the water based stuff.
> Make sure your hands and surfaces are very clean and don't smell funny cuz
> that is the one thing marzipan is finicky about (trust me, fish smelling
> marzipan is not a good choice).  After that it's just a matter of play.  I
> leave my marzipan sit out and get to room temp. before I play with it.  The
> more you handle it the softer it will become.  Sometimes it gets so soft
> it's sticky and it should go back in the fridge till it cools down.  You can
> mold it, use cookie cutters, "paste" pieces together using rose water (or
> plain water ~ I use rose water), put it between wax paper and roll it or use
> your finger to squish it (that's how I form the petals for the roses), you
> can sclupt it, stuff it, boil it, bake it, give bits to your cat....well,
> get the idea?  Depending on what you are going to do with it.  I usually
> just leave mine sit out and harden up then put it in containers or ziplock.
> Mind, if you let it sit out way long it will get hard as a rock.  Mix a
> little in some simmering cream and it makes a wonderful sauce to pour over
> poundcake, pasteries, fruit and icecream.  (Remember the "stuff" in the
> bottle Chirhart?) Yum.  Well, sorry for going on, but it is my favorite toy.
> Olwen, queen of marzipan
>
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