Marzipan in Chicago?

Anyone know where I can buy some good quality Marzipan, in prepared fruit-looking form, in Chicago?

thanks,

Rob

Any Cost Plus World Market.

Treasure Island during the Xmas season.

In theory, any good German grocery/deli.

There's lots of it for sale at the Christkindlmarket in the Daley Plaza.

By far the most gorgeous marzipan I've had is at Pasticceria Natalina in Andersonville. I don't know if they have it all the time, so call ahead.

Pasticceria Natalina
5406 N. Clark St
Chicago, IL
773-989-0662

I get mine at Ferrera bakery 2210 W. Taylor. This is a great place for Italian Christmas cookies too.

Hellodali wrote:By far the most gorgeous marzipan I've had is at Pasticceria Natalina in Andersonville. I don't know if they have it all the time, so call ahead.

Pasticceria Natalina
5406 N. Clark St
Chicago, IL
773-989-0662

I walked in late one evening when Natalina was molding the marzipan. She was explaining they let it dry a bit, then begin to paint them. So they are clearly made fresh at the store.

Piron in Evanston would likely be another source. I met Mr. Piron while stopping by for a hot dog at fRed Hots a few months ago. We were talking about almonds and marzipan. He indicated making marzipan was a snap with almond flour.

Belgian Chocolatier Piron,
509 Main Street,
Evanston, IL

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Piron in Evanston would likely be another source. I met Mr. Piron while stopping by for a hot dog at fRed Hots a few months ago. We were talking about almonds and marzipan. He indicated making marzipan was a snap with almond flour.

Belgian Chocolatier Piron,
509 Main Street,
Evanston, IL

Piron makes chocolate-covered marzipan in two varieties, regular and with chopped orange peel (and they are both delicious). I'm not sure whether he makes a non-chocolate variety though; if that's specifically what you want, you may want to call ahead to double-check.

Paulina Market has some cute little marzipan pigs by the cash register for the impulse buyer.

Wow, you guys rock! Thanks for all the tips.

Rob

Hi,

I am contemplating making stollen. have found a few recipes for making marzipan from scratch, which may be an option for you.

Regards,

Hey Cathy.. yeah I made Marzipan a couple years ago, it wasn't hard, but the problem for me lies in forming and coloring the fruit. Theres no way I can compete with some of the nice work done by some professionals. Still tasted good though

I went to Christkindlmarket on Friday (I work a couple blocks away), they have a Marzipan booth there - looked pretty nice. Thats going to be my fallback plan, I'm going to try to make it out to Pasticceria Natalina in the next couple days.

Rob

Swedish Bakery has marzipan frogs. I didn't look for fruit shaped marzipan, because I was so taken with the frogs.

Swedish Bakery
5348 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640-2153
Phone (773) 561-8919

UptownGirl wrote:Swedish Bakery has marzipan frogs.

Swedish Bakery also does a terrific marzipan cake. It's green and it has whipped cream between two of the layers and also has creme patissiere (pastry cream type custard) between another two of the layers. Mmmm...