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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
marzipan with liqueur inside (bleargh) or liqueur flavoured with marzipan (i'm intrigued) ?
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Marizpan-flavoured liqueur. It's far too drinkable and doesn't taste very alcoholic :hic:
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that's frangipane. i suppose technically it's the same thing, but marzipan is usually covered in chocolate and only available at christmas. whereas frangipane is, as any baker worth their salt knows, an essential ingredient in pear tartes (and pies), and must therefore be available all year round.
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In the UK marzipan is both the blocks and the chocolate covered stuff. Frangipane over here is something along the lines of a lines of a Bakewell Tart, without the cherries.
(Wikipedia yields this definition, which seems to fit:
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A Belgian almond pastry tart.
Usually the individual cakes have a striped pattern on top, occasionally with icing (looks a little like a hot cross bun from above).
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Although thanks to far too much reading of cookery books dealing with bakery I refer to the blocks as either marzipan or frangpane depending on my mood!