Marzipan Recipe

• In a mixer grinder, add the egg whites and cashew powder
  
• Add around 1/4 cup rose water to it
  
• With a spatula, stir the ingredients in the mixer jar and turn on the mixer  till all the ingredients turn into a nice fine paste
• Add this paste to a Non-stick or an aluminium vessel
• Add the sugar powder and 2 drops of Vanilla essence and the colour of your choice. Add the colour drop by drop, mix with the mixture and check. If you require more colour, you can always add it later during cooking.
• Stir well
  
• Cook this entire mixture by continuously stirring on low flame for 25 minutes( use only a wooden spoon to stir)
  
• When u see the marzipan leaving the sides of the vessel, turn the gas off and keep the vessel off the gas, to cool naturally without the fan on or else it will turn very hard
  
• When u feel it is slightly warm, start taking it out from the vessel onto the kitchen platform or a plate and knead it into a dough 
  
• Once the dough is kneaded, you can either store it in an air tight container and put them into the forms/moulds later or you can put them in the forms/moulds immediately after kneading the dough(I use rubber moulds specially created for marzipans. They come in various designs and cute shapes. You can select whichever you like. These days, you get silicon moulds too, which are really good)
• Place some kitcken paper towels on a tray/flat plate and de-mould the marzipan shapes from the rubber mould on to the tray/plate
• Once all the shapes have been de-moulded, let your marzipans dry completely for an entire day. You can let the fan or AC be on at this stage.
• Once completely dry, store the marzipans into a glass air-tight container at room temperature. Do NOT place it in the refrigerator or else it will get mildewed 
• You can store marzipan for upto 15-20 days maximum(During Christmas due to the Winters) and 10-12 days maximum(During Easter due to the Summers)

Notes:-

• You have two options of adding the colour to the marzipan

  Option 1 : As mentioned above

  Option 2 : You can add the colour at the time of kneading the cooked marzipan into a dough. This process is usually used if you're making a small batch and would like to make different coloured marzipan. When the marzipan dough is ready, you can make equal portions of it and individually add the colour of your choice to it.
• Don't be upset if your marzipan has turned hard after cooking. If it's your first time and the marzipan turns hard, All you need to do to get this fixed is to remove all the marzipan from the vessel and add it into a mixer jar. Spin it and make a fine powder of it. Empty it into a bowl and and add few drops of Rose water to it and knead it to form a dough and tadaaaa.. u have a quick fix !! 

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