Turkish Delight Recipe
Ingredients:
- # 1 lb. (450g) granulated sugar
- # quarter pint (150ml) water
- # juice of one lemon
- # half an ounce (13g) powdered gelatine
- # 1 level tbsp. cornflour
- # 2 tbsps. icing sugar, sifted
- # pink food colouring
- # few drops of rose water
Directions:
- # Soak the gelatine in half the water
- # Pour the remaining water into a saucepan, add the sugar and heat gently while stirring until the sugar is dissolved
- # Add softened gelatine and stir into the syrup
- # Simmer gently for 20 minutes then add the lemon juice
- # Pour half the mixture into one of 2 wetted, small square tins, tins should be small enough for Turkish delight to be one inch thick
- # Add 2 drops of pink colouring and a few drops of rose water to the remaining mixture, stir well and pour into the remaining tin
- # Leave for 24 hours in the fridge to set
- # Mix the icing sugar and cornflour together in a polythene bag
- # Dust hands with this mixture and pull Turkish delight from the tins
- # Cut into 1 inch (2.5cm) strips and then into cubes
- # Toss the cubes in icing sugar mixture
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