[Sca-cooks] Marzipan ingredients

[Laureen Hart]

Would alkanet work to color Marzipan?

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Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Marzipan ingredients

> > What natural substances would marzipan have been colored?

> layers of uncolored marzipan and red (from saunders) marzipan,

When we did marzipan subtleties for an event, we painted it rather
than mixing colorant into it. This was based at least subconsciously
on modern marzipan figures that are sold in Europe for cake
decorations; they're shaped from plain, uncolored marzipan and then
painted with food colors. (For example:
https://www.cukissagok.hu/kezmuves_marcipan/marcipan_figura/nagy_kezmuves_marcipan_figura)

I don't remember any more which attempts worked and which didn't, but
I remember trying various concoctions involving parsley, red cabbage,
saffron, onion skins, and saunders. And gold leaf.

Julia
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