My latest creation! I knew my Modak mould was going to be multi purpose! These Marzipan beauties are stuffed with a Coconut & Nut filling. Recently on a trip to India, I purchased a few of these inexpensive plastic moulds. I made the traditional Modak recipe, but I couldn’t help feeling like there were a lot more creative ideas that could come of of using this humble tool.

As I was looking at this, I thought to myself, this would make a great Christmas tree, and so the idea was born.

Marzipan Christmas trees

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Ingredients
  

Filling

  • 3 tbsps Butter
  • 1/2 cup 40 gms chopped Nuts Almonds & Walnuts
  • 3/4 cup 50 gms sweet desiccated Coconut
  • 1/4 cup 20 gms Raisins & dried Cranberries
  • Water as required

Marzipan

  • 100 gms ground Almonds or Almond flour
  • 200 gms Icing sugar
  • Few drops of Almond essence
  • 2 Egg whites
  • Food colouring
  • 2 tbsps chopped pistachios optional

Instructions
 

  • To prepare the filling heat the Butter, add the Nuts, Coconut, Raisins, Cranberries and a little Water and keep aside
  • To make the Marzipan add the Almond flour and Icing Sugar to a food processor and process
  • Add the Almond essence and Egg white
  • If your paste is looking too wet, add more Icing sugar & almond flour and if it looks too dry, add a bit more egg white.
  • Reserve a little for the stars and add a drop of food colouring in the batter
  • Transfer to a microwaveable plate, cover with cling film
  • Cook in the microwave for 10 seconds, 3 times
  • Colour the reserved Marzipan with yellow food colouring
  • Allow to cool and dry out so it can be easily moulded like clay
  • Use extra icing sugar to help to knead it.
  • Add the chopped Pistachios optional
  • Just keep icing sugar handy to roll out the marzipan as it tends to get sticky when it warms up
  • Using a star cutter, cut out star shapes and keep aside
  • Take a portion of the green marzipan and push it into the mould, pressing on the sides and making sure there are no empty spots
  • Using a small spoon, spoon the filling into the centre cavity
  • Take more marzipan and seal it
  • Using some tinted Royal Icing, secure the Stars and other decorations to the tree