It was the last day of school, before the summer break. My daughter's teacher requested that I do a little workshop for Easter. She suggested I show the children how to make marzipan eggs. I showed them how to make a simple marzipan recipe and then, they each got a piece of marzipan to colour, mold and decorate and then pack to take home to mum and dad. I made mini eggs for the kids to taste in school itself, so they would refrain from tucking into the egg before they got home. When the teacher asked the 40 little girls, "why do you think Christina has made these little eggs for you", one little girl said, it's because she loves little children. And so I had a great time with the children. I also gave them a little recipe card to take home, so the mummies and daddies can have a great time with their kids in the kitchen as well. It was fun fun fun.
Recipe: Marzipan Easter Egg (makes 8x50 gram eggs)
Recipe: Marzipan Easter Egg (makes 8x50 gram eggs)
Ingredients
ground almonds – 200 grams
Icing sugar – 200 grams (sifted)
Egg white – 1
Whole egg – 1
Few drops of almond essence
Food colour
Sugar flowers to decorate
Method
Whisk the egg, egg white and icing sugar in a heat proof bowl over hot water, till thick and creamy.
Add in the ground almonds and essence and mix well. When cool enough to handle, knead in the
desired colour. Make 50 gram balls and push into the egg mold. Remove and allow to dry and firm up.
Decorate with sugar flowers. 
Hi pastry chef.... this is a really different recipe.... ....u know the others are heat it in a pan, soft ball stage... and the raw one.... ive flopped both those before...
ReplyDeletei want to gv this a try with cashews though... and wanted to know if plain sugar would do.... and also if i could use cardamom for flavor ... i dont have essence... i know i sound thrifty but dont want to buy stuff just for 6 eggs .... is there also a way i could add something else for the food colour more natural????
Hi Pamela,
ReplyDeletesorry for the late reply. Well this recipe is a great replacement to traditional marzipan, cause the results are close enough and you get it in 1/4th the time, besides when my daughter's in the kitchen helping, the last thing I want to do is have sugar syrup boiling.
Now to answer you questions; it can be made with powdered cashew nuts, but icing sugar is a must cause using regular sugar will result in the marzipan being gritty. If you are using good quality nuts with strong flavour, you could skip adding the essence.
About the cardamom, its really up to you.
Let me know how the recipe turned out