[Sca-cooks] Marzipan ingredients

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

Almond oil is a thing that one can buy.

Brighid ni Chiarain

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 11:34 AM Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com> wrote:

> Countess Alys attempted to post but the post never appeared.
>
> She wrote to me—
>
> Well, it's not worth reposting. The main thing I commented on was that
> alkanet is oil-soluble and it might be difficult to incorporate unless the
> marzipan has a bit of oil. I doubt that there's much oil in a marzipan made
> of almond flour. Would you agree?
>
> Alys
>
> So it may not work because of the oils.
>
> Johnnae
>
> > On Jan 3, 2021, at 2:01 PM, Laureen Hart <lhart at graycomputer.com> wrote:
> >
> > Would alkanet work to color Marzipan?
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Sca-cooks <sca-cooks-bounces+lhart=
> graycomputer.com at lists.ansteorra.org> on behalf of Julia Szent-Gyorgyi <
> jpmiaou at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 10:20 AM
> > To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > 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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