Turkish Delight
Another beginning recipe.
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Ingredients
- 3 Lb Sugar
- 10 oz Rosewater or Crème de Menthe
- 3 Lemons juice and zest
- 2½ oz Powdered Gelatine
- 3 oz Cornflour in a little water
- Red Colour
- 6 oz Icing Sugar and 3 oz Cornflour mixed to coat
Instructions
- Put the sugar and water in a pan over gentle heat and stir until dissolved.
- Boil to 240°F/115°C.
- While boiling, add the cornstarch and a drop of red colour.
- Dissolve the gelatine in a little water, melt in the microwave for 15 seconds, and add to the syrup.
- Pour into a 6” square tin and leave to set. Once firm, put in the refrigerator.
- Dip the tin in hot water and quickly turn out onto paper spread with the sugar cornstarch mixture.
- Coat well and cut into even sized squares using a knife dipped in hot water.
- Roll in the sugar and cornstarch mixture to coat and place in a sealed container.
- * Various flavourings and colours can be used as an alternative to rosewater.
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