How to make Chocolate Marzipan Easter eggs

🧂 Ingredients

• 250 Grams Almonds

  Blanched
• 350 Grams Sugar

  Powdered
• 150 millilitres Rose Water
• 2 Egg Whites
• 10 millilitres Almond Essence
• 1.5 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
• 1 Tablespoons Butter

  Optional

Instructions

• 1 Grind the blanched almonds to a powder in a mixer grinder or food processor.
• 2 Transfer the ground almonds to a pot and add rose water and the beaten egg
  whites.
• 3 Mix well and add the almond essence and cocoa powder too.
• 4 Cover the mixture with a lid and allow it to rest for an hour.
• 5 Once the time is up, place the pot on the stove on a low flame.
• 6 Stir continuously for about half hour, the consistency will thicken.
• 7 If you find the mixture dry, add a tablespoon on butter, this will help pull it
  together.
• 8 When thick, test a little bit of the marzipan with a teaspoon, by removing a
  little and letting it cool. If you can form a tiny ball, it is ready to be taken
  off the fire.
• 9 Pour onto a thala (large wide-bottomed pan) dusted with powdered sugar.
• 10 Allow to cool a little before kneading into a ball and then forming into shapes
  using the moulds.
• 11 Allow the shapes to dry and then decorate with royal icing.
• 12 And your chocolate marzipan Easter eggs are ready to share with friends and
  family!

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