The question of how to make mastic at home has many answers thanks to enterprising amateur pastry chefs. You can choose your favorite method.
Step by step recipe. How to make marshmallow mastic ?
Such a plastic mass is well suited for decorating cakes, as well as other confectionery. These soft airy candies, also called chewing marshmallows, are sold in any store by weight or in packaging. They will help us find the answer to the question: "How to make mastic at home?" It is advisable to find two-tone. So the color will turn out more uniform. For sample, take seven medium candies (this amount is approximately equal to the contents of a small package). They need to be put in a container, pour a tablespoon of lemon juice and heat for 20 seconds in the microwave. Exposure to heat and acid transforms marshmallows into a plastic viscous mass. Now it will be easy to turn it into mastic. I will definitely need powdered sugar - sugar will not work. It must be poured into a bowl with marshmallows on the eye, interfering with a flat spatula. It will be much more difficult to do with hands, since the mass is very sticky. Knead until the spatula is stuck. After that, put the mass on the table, pouring powdered sugar on it, and mix it with your hands (as the dough is interfered with a layer of flour). Mastic does not lose its stickiness, but acquires great elasticity. You will feel that it is already possible to sculpt from it.
When this happens, instead of icing sugar sprinkle the table with starch, roll the mastic with a rolling pin as thin as possible. Remove the cake that you intend to decorate in advance from the refrigerator and grease with fruit syrup on top. Its surface should become sticky, but not too wet (otherwise the mastic will get wet). It is necessary to cover the rolled mass with a cake, smooth the edges and place. Now you know how to make mastic at home. This is the main recipe and it’s better to train on it. If you are already easily given a similar basic method, proceed to how to make mastic from marshmallows (chewing) with the addition of additional ingredients. This will not only diversify the colors, but also find the desired texture that will suit you.
How to make mastic at home with the addition of butter and chocolate
Take a 100 gram packet of marshmallows, sweet cream butter (1 tbsp.) And powdered sugar. The exact amount of the last ingredient, as you can see from the recipe above, is difficult to indicate. Better take at least 400 g, then you do not need to run for the supplement. You can also use quality food coloring. Melt the marshmallows in the microwave with oil - it will take 10-15 s. When the mass melts and grows in volume (this will happen due to the presence of gelling components in chewing marshmallows), it must be mixed with powdered sugar, adding the last in portions of 50 g. When a uniform thick consistency is achieved, similar to plasticine and slightly sticky to the hands , you can begin to form figures or coverings for the cake.