Marzipan Dates
Marzipan dates are a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the Southern Fruit category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 80 g pistachio nuts
- 350 g marzipan base
- 80 ml Maraschino liqueur (Italian cherry liqueur)
- 40 dried dates (pitted)
- 200 g dark couverture chocolate
- 10 pistachio nuts
- 50 g white couverture chocolate
- 20 candied violet flowers (specialty shop)
- crystal sugar
Instructions
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1.
Grind pistachios finely in an electric grinder. Cut marzipan into small cubes and knead with pistachios and Maraschino liqueur; divide the mixture, setting aside one half for decoration.
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2.
Fill dates with half of the marzipan mixture and gently press together.
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3.
Coarsely chop dark couverture chocolate and melt it over a hot water bath. Halve pistachios. Using a praline fork or long wooden skewer, coat dates in the melted chocolate and place on a cooling rack. Top half of the dates with one pistachio half each and refrigerate for about 2 hours to dry. Store chilled.
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4.
Coarsely chop white couverture chocolate and melt it over a hot water bath. Place the chocolate in a freezer bag, cut off a small corner. Fill a piping bag fitted with a star tip with the reserved marzipan mixture. Decorate dates without pistachios with the chocolate and pipe one strip of marzipan onto each. Top with one candied violet flower each. Sprinkle finely if desired.
