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Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal (ground almonds), sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract.. It is often made into sweets; common uses are chocolate-covered marzipan and small marzipan imitations of fruits and vegetables.
Marzipan is more of a ready-to-eat confection, while almond paste has a coarser texture and it's not as sweet. Almond paste is better used as an ingredient in baking, but marzipan can be enjoyed ...
A thin layer of marzipan can be applied as a protective coating on the exterior of cakes to provide structure, help maintain moisture, and prevent the cake from drying out. One example of this is ...
The coussin de Lyon is a sweet specialty of Lyon, France, composed of chocolate and marzipan and created by Voisin, a French chocolatier. The confection is a piece of pale green marzipan, with dark green stripe, filled with a chocolate ganache flavored with curaçao liqueur .
Königsberg marzipan is a type of marzipan traditionally produced in the former German city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia). [1] Königsberg's first marzipan production was established by the Pomatti brothers in 1809, who became confectioners of the Royal Prussian Court .
The main (or best known) source of claim 'marzipan was first created in Tallinn', is a story "Mardileib" (lit. Mart's Bread) by Jaan Kross. Whether the story has some real historic background or is a pure fiction, is unknown to me.
Marzipan, once known as marchpane in English, is a confection based on almond meal. Marzipan and marchpane may also refer to: Marzipan pig, a traditional German and Scandinavia pig-shaped marzipan confection; Marzipan, also known as The Dance of the Mirlitons, one of the dances in Act II of The Nutcracker; Marzipan, a fictional character in the ...
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