Marzipan Slices
From Cookery for every household, 1914
Serves 3
Presented as published in 1914. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 978. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Marzipan Slices, 2 Take some marzipan and divide it into three portions, but not of equal size. Take a small piece, flavour it with essence of vanilla, and leave it its natural colour. Take a second piece, double the size of the first, flavour it with rose or straw- berry, and colour it a pretty pink ; then a third piece, double the size of the second, colour it green, and flavour with essence of almonds or some liqueur. Now take the smallest piece, and roll it out with the hands until it is like a thin lead pencil. Next roll out the pink portion with a rolling-pin until it forms a strip as long as the natural-coloured roll and about 2 inches in width. Lay the pencil- shaped roll in the centre of this, and fold the pink paste round it, cutting off any that may be super- fluous. Roll on the board with the hands until the join is scarcely seen. Now roll out the green portion of marzipan, and wrap it round the pink roll in the same way. Make the roll as smooth and even as possible — if very long cut it in two — and place it on a tray lined with paper to dry. Then brush over with melted chocolate, coating syrup, or thin glace icing, and roll in chopped pistachio nuts, cocoanut, coloured sugar, or chopped and coloured almonds
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