Chocolate-Marzipan Hearts

Ingredients

• 300 g marzipan dough
• 50 g powdered sugar
• 20 ml orange liqueur
• powdered sugar (for rolling)
• 150 g couverture chocolate

Instructions

1. 1.

   Coarsely chop the chocolate and melt it over a hot, non-boiling water bath. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.

2. 2.

   Knead the marzipan dough with powdered sugar and orange liqueur. Roll out on lightly sugared surface to 1 cm thickness and cut 20 hearts.

3. 3.

   Dip each heart into chocolate using a praline fork, let excess drip off, then sprinkle with pistachios, lingonberries, lavender, etc., if desired. Let dry on a cooling rack before serving.