Almond paste is made from ground

almond The almond (''Prunus amygdalus'', Synonym (taxonomy)#Botany, syn. ''Prunus dulcis'') is a species of tree from the genus ''Prunus''. Along with the peach, it is classified in the subgenus ''Amygdalus'', distinguished from the other subgenera ...

s or

almond meal Almond meal, almond flour or ground almond is made from ground sweet almonds. Almond flour is usually made with blanched almonds (no skin), whereas almond meal can be made with whole or blanched almonds. The consistency is more like corn meal t ...

and sugar in equal quantities, with small amounts of cooking oil, eggs, heavy cream or

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added as a binder. It is similar to

marzipan Marzipan is a confectionery, confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal (ground almonds), sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract. It is often made into Confectionery, sweets; common uses are chocolate-covered marzipan and ...

, with a coarser texture. Almond paste is used as a filling in pastries, but it can also be found in chocolates. In a type of commercially manufactured almond paste called

persipan Persipan (from ''Persicus'' (peach) and ''marzipan''; also known as Parzipan) is a material used in confectionery. It is similar to marzipan but, instead of almonds, is made with apricot or peach kernels. Persipan consists of 40% ground kernels ...

ground apricot or peach pits are added to save money.

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Almond paste is used as a filling in pastries of many different cultures. It is a chief ingredient of the American

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pastry. In the Nordic countries almond paste is used extensively, in various pastries and cookies. In

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(where it is known as mandelmassa) it is used in biscuits, muffins and buns and as a filling in the traditional Shrove Tuesday pastry

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and is used in Easter and Christmas sweets. In Denmark (where it is known as marcipan or mandelmasse), almond paste is used in several pastries, for example as a filling in the Danish traditional pastry ''

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''. In Finland almond paste is called ''mantelimassa''. In the

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, almond paste is called ''amandelspijs''. In Germany, almond paste is also used in pastries and sweets. In German, almond paste is known as ''Marzipanrohmasse''. Pesce di pasta di mandorle

Agnello pasquale pasta mandorle salentino

It Italy it is known as "pasta di mandorle". The soft paste is molded into creative shapes by pastry chefs which can be used as cake decorations or to make

frutta martorana (also called or, in Sicilian, ) is a Sicilian marzipan sweet in the form of fruits and vegetables from the provinces of Palermo and Trapani. Realistically coloured with vegetable dyes, it is said to have originated at the Benedictine nun ...

. Almond paste is the main ingredient of the traditional French ''

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'' candy in

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. In Turkey, almond paste is traditionally made in

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