Marzipan Stars
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recipe by Tenina Holder https://bit.ly/TheWeekendTable
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- Total Time
- 20mins
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- Serves
- 10
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- Calories
- 253
Make your own marzipan quickly and easily with this recipe. Use the raw marzipan to decorate a cake, or cut into shapes and bake for marzipan cookies. More The unbaked mixture is 'raw' marzipan and can be used to make tiny marzipan fruits or to decorate a cake. Blanch the almonds yourself in your Thermomix by covering them with water in the TM bowl and heating 4 min/Varoma/Reverse/speed 1.
Inspired by: https://tenina.com/recipes/marzipan-starsrecipe updated Jan 12, 2022
Ingredients
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- Golden caster sugar
- 250 g
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- Blanched almonds
- 250 g
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- Almond extract
- ¼ teaspoon
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- Cornflour
- 2 tablespoons
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- Egg white
- 1
Tools
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Oven
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Parchment paper
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TM5
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Tm5 bowl
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Small bowl
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Work surface
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Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
Step preview
- Pre-heat oven - 160°C
- Add golden caster sugar to the TM5 bowl
- Blitz with MC in place 10 sec, speed 9
- Set aside
- Add blanched almonds to the TM5 bowl
- Blitz with MC in place 15 sec, speed 7
- Then add almond extract, cornflour, egg white and milled sugar to the TM5 bowl
- Mix with the aid of the spatula 40 sec, speed 5
- Scrape down sides of TM5 bowl
- Roll the mixture onto a silicone mat or piece of baking paper that is dusted in cornflour
- Cut into star shapes with a cookie cutter
- Line a clean baking sheet with parchment paper
- Place on a lined baking tray or on top of mince tarts
- Bake for approximately 10-13 minutes or until lightly golden
- Serve