Marzipan

🥘 Ingredients

• almond essence (optional)
  2 drops
• confectioners' sugar
  350 g
• egg white
  2
• granulated sugar
  100 g
• ground almonds
  300 g

🍳 Cookware

• food processor

1. 1

   Put ground almonds , granulated sugar , confectioners' sugar , and almond essence (optional) into a food processor and pulse until the mixture comes together into a fine powder. Gently add the egg white and whiz the whole lot together until it comes together.

   ground almonds: 300 g, granulated sugar: 100 g, confectioners' sugar: 350 g, almond essence (optional): 2 drops, egg white: 2
2. 2

   Dust a work surface with some icing sugar, then tip the marzipan dough out. Gently bring it together with your hands until it makes a smooth dough. You don’t want it to be sticky at this point, so you may need to add more icing sugar.
3. 3

   Then simply roll the marzipan out; ready to cover your cake.