Christmas Sweets

We make our own sweets for Christmas.

We usually make 4 different types.

Ingredients:
900 g marzipan,
150 g soft chocolate nougat
almonds, walnuts, raisins
3/4 dl cognac
200 g cooking chocolate (sometimes a bit more)

Type 1 is with marzipan and  soft chocolate nougat - made like a sandwich with nougat in the middle and cut in diamond-shape.
Type 2  You roll a little ball of marzipan, put an almond or ½ walnut on top, and dip the bottom in melted chocolate
 Type 3 Before I begin making the sweets, I soak 1 dl raisins in cognac for a couple of hours. Then I use the cognac and mix it into one fifth of the marzipan. Roll it in little balls, cover in melted chocolate and put an almond on top.
Type 4 Mix chopped almonds, chopped walnuts, the soaked raisins, the leftovers when you cut the diamond shaped sweets and what is left of the nougat. Pour it all into melted chocolate. Use two teaspoons and form little pieces and put it on a tray covered with a baking sheet. Leave it all in a cool place until the chocolate is hardened. Store in a container.

This year I bought the marzipan, but sometimes I make it myself:

Marzipan
4 dL almonds	Pour boiling water over the almonds and let them soak for five minutes and then peel the skin off.  Dry them in a dish towel.  Mix  almonds and caster sugar in a food processor  and run till it is very finely chopped almost like flour. Add the honey. Add vodka little by little until the  marzipan binds together. Knead it with your hands. If you are not going to use it straight away you can store it in the refrigerator in a plastic bag.
2 tbsp caster sugar
1½ tbsp liquid honey
1-2 tbsp vodka

Danish