Marzipan is a mixture of ground almonds and powdered sugar. Candy and figurines are made from this plastic mass for decoration, and delicious coatings for cakes and pastries are made from it. To give all this variety maximum decorative effect, marzipan can be painted. Use ready-made dyes in bags or make them yourself from vegetables and fruits, arm yourself with brushes and paint containers and start creating.
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You will need
- - finished marzipan mass;
- - finished food coloring
- - vegetable oil;
- - transparent alcohol (liquor, grappa or vodka);
- - Freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices;
- - sugar icing.
Instruction manual
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The easiest way is to paint the marzipan mass with ready-made gel dyes. Get the colors you need. If you cannot find any shades, you can mix them yourself. For example, a combination of red and blue paint will give a purple color, adding a little blue to the yellow dye, you can get green in different shades.
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If you plan to cut the figures with molds or make large monochrome ornaments, paint the marzipan before molding. Roll the right amount of marzipan into a ball, make a small indentation in it and drip dye there. Knead mass intensively with your hands. The better the marzipan is mixed, the more uniform the color. If the shade does not seem saturated enough to you, add some more dye and again mix the mass.
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Make marzipan of different colors. It can be rolled out and cut out with cookie cutters. If you plan to sculpt figures using marzipan of different colors, lightly grease your hands with vegetable oil, pinch off small pieces and form details. Let them dry a little and collect the figure, attaching the parts to each other with the help of honey.
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You can color already molded figures. This method is convenient when you need to apply a lot of small patterns, draw a face or make inscriptions. Dilute the finished dyes in several tablespoons of transparent alcohol - liquor, grappa or vodka. Add the dye dropwise, stirring thoroughly until you get the right shade. Prepare the right amount of paints, take a thin brush for drawing and start painting. Leave the painted figure until completely dry. From above it can be coated with sugar glaze, which will give the paint a shine and maintain the softness of marzipan.
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If you do not like the idea of using chemical dyes, prepare their analogues from natural products. Orange color will give marzipan carrot juice or fresh orange squeezed together with zest. A red tint can be obtained by squeezing cranberries or lingonberries. The best brown dye gives you burnt sugar or cocoa powder. The most difficult thing is to get a green tone - it is made from blanched and rubbed spinach through a sieve. When preparing natural paints, keep in mind that they give not only color, but also taste, even if it is barely perceptible.
note
Painted marzipan may dry out over time without losing its taste. However, after three months of storage, it is not recommended to eat it.
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