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nut free marzipan

13 replies

pinkyp · 30/09/2010 14:07

can u buy it? Its for a christmas cake i'm making and my sun has a nut allergy. I've seen a few recipies but i'm not too sure about them. Is there anything else i can use instead of marzipan?

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Fluteyboots · 30/09/2010 17:51

My DH has nut allergy, never heard of a nut free marzipan. Can't imagine what they could make it from, marzipan is all/mostly mushed up almond.

For cakes we tend to just use lots of jam to stick the icing down. Not as squidgy but ok!

thisisyesterday · 30/09/2010 17:54

you don't have to use marzipan if you don't want to, just make sure you have a thick layer of apricot jam!

i can't imagine how you would make a nut-free marzipan as it's made pretty much solely of nuts!
that said, if there are nuts that he isn't allergic to i guess you could use them?

prettybird · 30/09/2010 18:06

Since I managed to find a Vegetarian Black Pudding Shock I thought I would see if I could rise to the challenge of a nut-free marzipan.....

.....et voila a recipe!

thisisyesterday · 30/09/2010 18:19

good grief... what does veggie black pudding contain~??? and why did you want it? lol

prettybird · 30/09/2010 18:42

I was describing a starter I had made for a dinner party (a stack consisting of a slice of black pudding topped with a slice of apple gently caramelised in butter and with half a grilled goats cheese on top, with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar around it) - ironically enough, on one of the slimming threads on Mumsnet, and one of the other MNers said she was a veggie - so I found her an alternative! Grin

prettybird · 30/09/2010 18:43

Oh - and it apparently contains beetroot and oats and barley IITC. No idea what it tastes like!

thisisyesterday · 30/09/2010 19:17

ahhh! it sounds ok actually, i quite like beetroot. i don't suppose it tastes anything like black pudding tho lol

Fluteyboots · 30/09/2010 20:39

Ooh thanks prettybird. I should be more ambitious! Will definitely try this.

Original poster
pinkyp · 30/09/2010 21:47

thank you for the recipe!! Gonna give that a go i think:)

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prettybird · 01/10/2010 17:37

HTH :)

I honestly didn't think I'd find anything! Shock

Of course, I don't know what it tastes like.......Hmm

starchilli · 02/10/2010 20:31

We gave up on nut free marzipan and had a rich chocolate fudge cake with gold stars on it instead, lovely.

specialmagiclady · 24/12/2010 12:46

Have you tried searching for Persipan? It's a German marzipan substitute made of apricot kernels. God knows where you get it...

Butterbur · 24/12/2010 12:55

Aren't apricot kernals nuts?

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