marzipan

Definitions

1. A confection made from a paste of almonds, sugar and egg white as a binder.
   uncountable, usually
2. A similar confection made using another nut, such as peanut or hazelnut.
   uncountable, usually
3. A piece of such a confection.
   countable, usually

Equivalents

24 more languages

العربيةمرصبان

Bosanskimarcipanмарципан

Catalàmassapà

Češtinamarcipán

Danskmarcipan

Ελληνικάαμυγδαλάτοαμυγδαλόπασταμάρτσιπαν

Suomimarsipaani

Galegomarzapán

עבריתמרציפן

Hrvatskimarcipanмарципан

Magyarmarcipán

Bahasa Indonesiamarsepen

Italianomarzapane

日本語マジパンマルチパン

한국어마지팬

Latviešumarcipāns

Македонскимарципан

Nederlandsmarsepein

Polskimarcepanmarcepanowy

Portuguêsmaçapãomarzipã

Românămarțipan

Русскиймарципан

Српскиmarcipanмарципан

Svenskamarsipan

Examples

“Place⟳ the hazelnuts on a baking sheet and grill […] then grind⟳ finely […] then add⟳ the caster sugar and ground hazelnuts [to egg whites] and mix⟳ to a stiff marzipan paste. Sandwich the pecan nuts together in pairs with a little of the hazelnut marzipan.”

“Hazelnut marzipan. Hazelnuts are used as an alternative to almonds, ground together in a proportion from 11⁄2 to 2 parts nuts to sugar. Almonds may be mixed in according to taste⟳.”

“[…] cookie mini pack⟳, watermelon Bubble Yum or, my favorite, de la Rosa, a peanut marzipan round packaged in a cellophane wrapper with a delicate rose printed on it. De la Rosa is a perfect confection. Just crumbly enough, just sweet enough […]”

“To make⟳ the filling: In a food processor, blend the peanut butter, powdered sugar, salt, and cayenne together. […] THE FILLING RECIPE IS ALSO awfully close⟳ to that of peanut marzipan, which you can make⟳ yourself by adding more powdered sugar to create⟳ a sturdier, shape-able “dough,” or just look⟳ for the de la Rosa brand at your local Latino grocery.”

“One afternoon not long afterwards you waited byher bedside as she swam through anesthetic. A box of cherry chocolates and a dozen roses in your lap. Cherry chocolates and chocolate-covered marzipans. Then you drove her home. Chocolate-covered marzipans being her favorite.”

“In one hand she held a handkerchief, and in the other she held two cherry-shaped marzipans. Rosalia smiled when she saw⟳ the marzipans and took them and the handkerchief from Madre Carmela.”

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