Marzipan
marzipan confection consisting primarily sugar almond meal ground almond sometimes augmented almond oil extract often made sweet common us chocolatecovered marzipan small marzipan imitation fruit vegetable also used biscuit rolled thin sheet glazed icing cake primarily birthday cake wedding cake christmas cake marzipan may also used baking ingredient stollen banket country shaped small figure animal traditional treat new year day christmas marzipan also used tortell version king cake eaten carnival season geographical indication traditional speciality european union recognize two marzipan europe one toledo spain one lübeck germany southern europe spain marzipan traditional christmas dessert mazapán although toledo first written reference product date back eaten year round italy particularly palermo marzipan marzapane often shaped painted food colouring resemble fruit—frutta martorana—especially christmas season il giorno dei morti soul day november may also special day eating marzipan sicily portugal confection traditionally made nun marzipan maçapão used make fruitshaped sweet algarve region particular common sweet shaped like fruit filled fios de ovos region toledo spain marzipan mazapán shaped simple animal shape sometimes filled egg yolk yema sugar greece cyprus marzipan made variety shape size almost always left white island aegean particular white marzipan considered wedding treat served guest wedding feast malta marzipan used filling traditional maltese easter treat called figolli singular figolla also popular turkey called badem ezmesi two regional variation registered turkish patent trademark office northern europe denmark sweden norway customary snack marzipan pig around christmas marzipan shaped egg around easter kransekage new year eve also used large variety cake confectionery unrelated holiday including træstammer gåsebryst napoleonshatte ingredient remoncefilling danish pastry maiasmokk café tallinn estonia small museum dedicated history manufacture marzipan traditional swedish princess cake typically covered layer marzipan tinted pale green pink traditional finnish käpykakku typically coated layer marzipan dark brown color conifer coneshaped spiky western central europe belgium netherlands marsepein marzipan figure given sinterklaas saint nicholas present france massepain specialty saintléonarddenoblat town limousin come biscuit shape also prepared gironde named girondin pudding made hard bread brown sugar flavored raisin soaked rum germany common gift marzipan shape loaf bread marzipanbrot shape small potato marzipankartoffeln christmas time stollen contain marzipan often featured ingredient seasonal baked good bethmännchen dominosteine christmas cooky one traditional new year present known glücksschwein lucky pig mozartkugeln famed export austria made marzipan ball dipped dark chocolate united kingdom celebratory fruitcake decorated layer marzipan – particularly christmas cake covered white sugar icing easter simnel cake contains layer marzipan layer decorates top lightly grilled toasted colour battenberg cake originates england covered layer marzipan geneva traditional part celebration lescalade ritual smashing chocolate cauldron filled marzipan vegetable reference savoyard siege city supposedly foiled housewife cauldron boiling soup syria marzipan known lozina lowzineh persian لوزینه derived arabic لوز lawz almond marçabén arabic مرصبان flavoured orangeflower water shaped rose delicate flower baked marzipan also made oatmeal farina semolina jew iran marzipan fruit traditional passover treat replacing biscuit cake according sephardic jewish custom friend woman giving birth would cook prepare homemade marzipan believed enhance mother’s milk considered symbol purity good fortune mother baby latin american cuisine marzipan known spanish mazapán traditionally eaten christmas latin american country form mazapán made nut seed almond guatemala specialty mazapán amatitlán made pumpkin seed pepita rice sugar mexican mazapán typically made peanut peanut paste preparation used commercial mexican candy called mazapán de la rosa indian state goa marzipan maçapão introduced portugal however goan version us cashew nut instead almond goan marzipan used make easter egg also used make christmas sweet various shape like fruit flower star etc similarly city mumbai east indian mould cashewnutbased almondbased marzipan different shape christmas marzipan egg chicken bonnet easter philippine marzipan brought spain mazapán de pili spanish pili marzipan made pili nut two proposed line origin marzipan necessarily contradictory may complementary always mediterranean trade cooking influence source establish origin marzipan china recipe moved middle east europe alandalus although believed introduced eastern europe turk badem ezmesi notably produced edirne dispute hungary italy origin marzipan became specialty hanseatic league port town particular city lübeck tallinn proud tradition marzipan manufacture example include lübecker marzipan protected geographical indication pgi status city manufacturer niederegger still guarantee marzipan contain twothirds almond weight result product highest quality historically city königsberg east prussia also renowned distinctive marzipan production königsberg marzipan remains special type marzipan germany golden brown surface sometimes embedded marmalade centre united state marzipan officially defined generally made higher ratio sugar almond almond paste one brand instance almond marzipan almond almond paste however sweden finland almond paste refers marzipan contains ground almond much higher quality regular marzipan germany lübecker marzipan known quality contains almond original manually produced mozartkugeln made green pistachio marzipan another possible geographic origin part spain known alandalus toledo – though probably reign alfonso vii specialty known postre regio instead mazapán also mention folktale collection one thousand one night almond paste eaten ramadan aphrodisiac mazapán toledo famous dessert often created christmas pgi status almond least total weight following directive mazapán de toledo regulator council another idea support line important tradition another spanish almondbased christmas confectionery turrón persipan similar less expensive product almond replaced apricot peach kernel many confectionery product sold marzipan made less expensive material soy paste almond essence control detect authenticity marzipan polymerase chain reaction method differentiate almond substitute adulterant concentration less one percent german marzipan made grinding whole almond sugar partially drying paste french marzipan called massepain made combining ground almond sugar syrup marzipan flavoured rosewater spanish marzipan made without bitter almond united state bitter almond used marzipan importation bitter almond country prohibited u law owing containing substance related cyanide sugarfree marzipan made replacing sugar polyols maltitol variety made type nut eaten latin america peanutbased marzipan common variety mexico german name largely ousted original english name marchpane apparent derivation march bread word marchpane occurs shakespeare romeo juliet act scene line marzapane documented earlier italian language term pan meaning bread originates romance language origin could latin term martius panis mean bread march johann burchard’s diarium curia romanae – latin form appears martiapanis ultimate etymology unclear example italian word derives latin word massa greek μάζα maza meaning pastry pan meaning bread particularly seen provençal massapan portuguese maçapão ç alternative letter phoneme usually expressed s old spanish mazapán – change s z latin word common old spanish r appeared later among possible etymology set forth oxford english dictionary one theory proposes word marzipan may corruption martaban burmese city famous jar real academia española suggests spanish mazapán perhaps derived hispanic arabic بسمة pičmáṭ greek παξαμάδιον paxamádion little cake another possible source arabic موثابان mawthābān king sits still arabic latinised matapanus used describe venetian coin depicting enthroned christ king coin stored ornate box fifteenth century coin longer circulation box became decorative container storing serving luxury sweetmeat one luxury crept box sixteenth century nowfamous almondflavoured marzipan named least proximately box stored produce marzipan raw almond cleaned sieving air elutriation electronic mechanical device immersed water temperature boiling point five minute process known blanching loosens almond skin removed passing almond rubbercovered rotating cylinder cooled coarsely chopped ground sugar almond flour traditional production marzipan raw filler similar process followed sweet almond scalded peeled rubbercovered roll coarsely chopped ground addition sucrose almond flour mixture roasted cooled sucrose table sugar possibly binding agent starch syrup sorbitol added may moulded shape marzipan must covered airtight container prevent hardening dehydrating protected direct light prevent rancidity almond oil resulting lipid oxidation aroma flavor marzipan part attributed benzaldehyde formed amygdalin marzipan food emulsion contains four phase solid phase suspended particle including almond sugar suspended air pocket phase formed incorporated air mixing water phase lipid phase almond oil phase separate left alone long period time stabilized phospholipid triglyceride found almond cell fatty acid found almond include saturated fat stearic acid unsaturated fat linoleic acid emulsifier added production increase shelf life marzipan softness balance solid liquid component moisture content less article incorporates text publication public domain chisholm hugh ed marchpane encyclopædia britannica vol th ed cambridge university press barerstein thelma eat people culture food tradition firefly book isbn belitz hansdieter grosch werner schieberle peter food 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