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Marzipan Spek

This is a marzipan based sweet that mimics bacon or speck visually — layers of red and white almond paste or fondant, sometimes pink and cream. It’s more like a sweet marzipan bar or fondant slice, cut thinly to resemble bacon.
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Ingredients
  

  • 200 g Ground almonds
  • 200 g Icing sugar
  • 1 Egg white
  • a few drops Almond extract
  • a few drops Red food colouring

Instructions
 

  • Mix the ground almonds, icing sugar, egg white, and almond extract into a firm marzipan-like paste.
  • Divide into two portions.
  • Tint one portion red or pink, leave the other white.
  • Roll out each into thin rectangles (about 5 mm thick).
  • Layer red–white–red–white, pressing gently to stick together.
  • Wrap in parchment and refrigerate for an hour.
  • Slice thinly to show the striped “bacon” effect.

Notes

You can glaze lightly with sugar syrup for shine.
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