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Homemade Marzipan Lucky Pigs

Homemade Lucky Marzipan Pigs

Course Candy
Cuisine Austrian, German
Keyword German New Year Tradition, Lucky Pig Candy, Lucky pig tradition, Marzipan Lucky Pigs, New Year's Tradition
Prep Time 30 minutes
Servings 10 Marzipan Pigs
Author Lora Wiley-Lennartz

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup *blanched ground almonds
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon rosewater
  • 1 tablespoon egg white
  • Light corn syrup and extra powdered sugar to adjust consistency if needed.
  • Pink food coloring
  • Black food coloring
  • Disco dust optional

Instructions

If you are using almond flour, skip the next two steps.

  1. *To blanch raw almonds, boil them in water for one minute, rinse immediately in a colander with cold water, and squeeze the skins off with your fingers. They will slip off easily.
  2. Pulse the blanched almonds and a tablespoon of powdered sugar in a food processor until they are completely pulverized. The powdered sugar will prevent the almonds from becoming a paste.
  3. Add the powdered sugar to the food processor and pulse until the almond meal and powdered sugar are combined. I like to take out the blade and use a whisk to break up any lumps that have formed. Then replace the blade and pulse a few more times.
  4. Add the pure almond extract and the rosewater and pulse until combined.
  5. Add the egg white and pulse until the mixture becomes smooth.
  6. Remove the mixture from the processor and knead in the pink coloring. If the mixture is too wet and sticky, sprinkle powdered sugar over the mixture a bit at a time to knead it in and make the marzipan stiffer. If the mixture is too dry, knead in a few drops of the light corn syrup.
  7. When the mixture is the right consistency and color, use plastic molds to form the pigs or sculpt them by hand.
  8. I used a toothpick dipped in black food coloring to make the eyes and accentuate the nostrils on the snouts.
  9. If you want to disco dust them. Dip apaintbrush in vodka, then into the disco dust to spread the dust out on the surface of the pig.