Marzipan stars

Ingredients

250g sugar

250g blanched almonds *

¼ tsp almond essence

2 tbsp cornflour

1 egg white

Method

Pre heat oven to 175 C

Place sugar into TM bowl and mill to icing sugar for 10 seconds on speed 9 and set aside

Place almonds into TM bowl and mill for 15 seconds on speed 7

Add icing sugar, almond essence, cornflour and egg white and mix for 40 seconds on speed 5 with the aid of the spatula. If the mixture is sticky, add a little extra cornflour (this unbaked mixture is ‘raw’ marzipan and can be used to make tiny marzipan fruits, in other recipes requiring marzipan or to decorate a Christmas cake).

Roll the mixture onto the Thermomat dusted with cornflour. Cut into star shapes with cookie cutter and place on a lined baking tray or on top of mince tarts. Bake for approx. 15 minutes or until light golden.

*To blanch almonds in Thermomix, cover them with water in the TM bowl and heat for 4 minutes at Varoma temperature on Reverse and Speed 1.

Recipe from Thermomix Festive Flavour cookbook