Is Homemade Marzipan Significantly Better-Tasting Than Ready
Decorating By Rincewind Updated 31 Oct 2007 , 4:03am by mme
-made marzipan that you can buy at the grocery store?
I made a little polar bear this weekend and let my kids have it today. I noticed most of the bear was still on their plates. I tasted a piece, and blergh! It had a sort of... musty? taste.
I like almonds a lot, so I thought I would love it. The package wasn't dated, but I just bought it a couple of weeks ago. It didn't look old.... Do you think we'll like homemade marzipan more?
Thanks!
Oh, gosh, yes, homemade marzipan is way better, but it is an awful lot of work. First you have to blanch, skin, then grind the almonds. Then you must make the almond paste, which is better if left to mature overnight. After that you must make the marzipan.
When you say you bought yours from the store, did you buy the one in the can or the one in the tube?
You might try buying plain almond paste, then mixing your own marzipan from there.
Here is a recipe from Emeril's. I like this one because it has no raw egg whites in it (some recipes call for raw egg whites).
http://www.emerils.com/recipes/by_name/marzipan.html
If the flavor is still not strong enough for you, add a couple of drops of almond extract.
Theresa 
Oh yes definitely make your own marzipan you can taste the almonds, packaged marzipan tastes horrible.
We get Almond Meal, which is ground almonds, saves a lot of work, that's what I used. Try it you will certainly notice a difference.
I Also make it my self, you can buy the almonds already peeled and bleached, also slivered almonds work better, live in the grinder for a long long time until they are grind very fine, if you can find the almond meal, better, but I cant find it here
I second the recipe from Emeril! It's the one I use. I buy the Solo brand almond paste to make marzipan with. My MIL who was a baker in Poland couldn't believe that I made this fabulous marzipan with canned almond paste. She no longer goes through all of the hard work of making almond paste but just buys the Solo brand also. It's a lot less work and tastes really good.
Solo Almond Paste comes in small cans. In the supermarkets near me they display it on an upper shelf above the pie filling, but it will definitely be with the baking supplies.
Theresa
That's why I steered her toward the Emeril's recipe.
Theresa
Thanks everyone. I think I've seen all the ingredients I need (for the different recipes). I may even know where to get some almond meal. I saw some hazelnut flour at a store around here, so maybe they have almond meal as well. I can't wait to get started!
Edited to add: I see that Emeril's recipe calls for 4 tablespoons of corn syrup. Has anyone substituted honey for the corn syrup? That sounds delicious! Well, the recipe as is sounds really good.... Thanks again.
could you give me the recipe to the marzipan. Thank you
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