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語源

Borrowed from German Marzipan, from Italian marzapane, Venetian marzapane. Believed to be, with influence from pane (“bread”), derived from Arabic مَرْطَبَان‎ (marṭabān, “spice box”) which comes from the name of a Burmese port known for its spice exports, Martaban, now called in Burmese မုတ္ထမ (muthta.ma.).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑːzɪˈpæn/, /ˈmɑːzɪpæn/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹzəpæn/, /ˈmɑɹtsəpɑn/, /ˈmɑɹtsəpæn/
  • 韻: -æn

名詞

marzipan (usually uncountable, 複数形 marzipans)

1. A confection made from a paste of almonds, sugar and egg white as a binder.
2. A similar confection made using another nut, such as peanut or hazelnut.
   • 2009, Hamlyn All Colour Cookery: 200 Christmas Recipes: Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook, (Please provide the book title または journal name), Hamlyn, →ISBN:

     Place the hazelnuts on a baking sheet and grill […] then grind finely […] then add the caster sugar and ground hazelnuts [to egg whites] and mix to a stiff marzipan paste. Sandwich the pecan nuts together in pairs with a little of the hazelnut marzipan.

   • 2015, The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 433:

     Hazelnut marzipan. Hazelnuts are used as an alternative to almonds, ground together in a proportion from 11⁄2 to 2 parts nuts to sugar. Almonds may be mixed in according to taste.

   • 2019, Lagusta Yearwood, Sweet + Salty: The Art of Vegan Chocolates, Truffles, Caramels, and More from Lagusta's Luscious, Da Capo Lifelong Books, →ISBN:

     […] cookie mini pack, watermelon Bubble Yum or, my favorite, de la Rosa, a peanut marzipan round packaged in a cellophane wrapper with a delicate rose printed on it. De la Rosa is a perfect confection. Just crumbly enough, just sweet enough  […]

   • 2020, Amy C. Evans; Martha Hall Foose, A Good Meal Is Hard to Find: Storied Recipes from Deep South, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 87:

     To make the filling: In a food processor, blend the peanut butter, powdered sugar, salt, and cayenne together. […] THE FILLING RECIPE IS ALSO awfully close to that of peanut marzipan, which you can make yourself by adding more powdered sugar to create a sturdier, shape-able “dough,” or just look for the de la Rosa brand at your local Latino grocery.

3. (countable) A piece of such a confection.
   • 2002, Lance Olsen, Girl Imagined by Chance, University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 81:

     One afternoon not long afterwards you waited byher bedside as she swam through anesthetic. A box of cherry chocolates and a dozen roses in your lap. Cherry chocolates and chocolate-covered marzipans. Then you drove her home. Chocolate-covered marzipans being her favorite.

   • 2016, Rosanna Chiofalo, Rosalia's Bittersweet Pastry Shop, Kensington Books, →ISBN:

     In one hand she held a handkerchief, and in the other she held two cherry-shaped marzipans. Rosalia smiled when she saw the marzipans and took them and the handkerchief from Madre Carmela.

等位語

• almond paste
• Christmas cake
• simnel cake

派生語

• marzipan layer
• persipan
• peanut marzipan

動詞

marzipan (三人称単数 現在形 marzipans, 現在分詞 marzipanning, 過去形および過去分詞形 marzipanned)

1. (transitive) To cover with marzipan.

   a marzipanned cake