DANISH MARCIPAN PIGS. for your Christmas Dinner

Marcipan recipe by Vibeke Lindhardt

Creation of the pigs by my granddaughter Sarah Bisgaard

One of the Danish Christmas traditions is to eat “Ris”Alamanda” as dessert.

You then place a whole almond in the dessert bowl and the one that get the whole almond get a “Marcipan Pig”.

VIBEKE’S MARCIPAN:

1.5 cup icing sugar

1.5 cup almond flour (see below how to make the flour)

1 egg yolk

1 tablespoon Rose Water

1 teaspoon almond flavoring

process all ingredients in a food processor until it makes a ball.

CREATING YOUR OWN LITTLE PIGS:

Add a bit of red food coloring

HOW TO MAKE THE ALMOND FLOUR:

place whole almonds in the food processor and process to fine flour.

If you use the brown almonds – cook for one minute in hot water and take off the brown shell.

There are also stores which carry the almond flour