Rose Turkish Delight
Ingredients:
* 1-1/2 cups sugar
* 2/3 cup triple-strength rosewater
* 1 ounce plain gelatin powder
* 3/4 cup icing sugar
* 1/2 cup cornstarch
Put the sugar and rosewater in a deep, heavy pan. Heat gently, stirring occasionally, until the sugar is dissolved, then bring to the boil. Raise the temperature to 240 degree F, testing with a candy thermometer, and maintain for three minutes.
Meanwhile, dissolve the gelatin in 3-1/2 tablespoons of water in a small saucepan, then bring to the boil. Add two drops of red food coloring to the sugar. Very carefully and slowly, add the boiling gelatin solution to the boiling sugar and incorporate using a balloon whisk. Boil for two minutes and set aside to cool below 200 degrees F.
Lightly butter a 6 inch square shallow pan. Pour the mixture in the pan and leave for a day in a cool place to set. Mix together the icing sugar and cornstarch and spread on the sheet of waxed paper. Dip the base of the pan of Turkish Delight in hot water for a few seconds, then turn out onto the sugar mixture. Spoon the sugar over the block. Cut the block into squares using a sharp knife coated in the sugar. Add more sugar while cutting to prevent sticking. Coat each cube well with sugar. Store for two days in a cool place to give a crisp texture to the coating.
Optional: add 1/3 cup of coarsely chopped pistachio nuts before cooling down the mixture.
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September 15th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Hey, i’m very suprized when i saw this post since We are a turkish website. Turkish Delight is our traditional. But in Turkey we don’t do in our homes, we buy from candy stores. Did you ever visit Turkey? I don’t know whether you can find it in your country. Whenever you want Turkish Delight pls don’t hesisate to call us.
September 15th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Hello cocuklacocuk! I have not yet had a chance to visit Turkey, but your country is one of the places I wish to visit someday. There is so much of our world’s history there! I look at pictures of your country and the architecture of the older buildings there is so very beautiful. It must be wonderful to live in a country with so much history and beauty everywhere you turn to look. America is such a young country in comparison, only a few hundred years old. Yes, you can buy Turkish Delight in the stores here, but of course you do not see it as much as a candy like chocolate. Thank you so much for your offer of the Turkish Delight! I will remember that, especially if I ever want to have some from Turkey - thank you very very much!
September 18th, 2007 at 6:00 am
Hi, Kattitudes
We wrote about your Turkish Delight post and our lovely chat, in our website. Unfortunately, it’s in Turkish.
http://www.cocuklacocuk.com/?p=252
September 18th, 2007 at 6:02 am
Hi again,
we wrote about this post and our lovely chat in our website. Unfortunately it is in turkish.
http://www.cocuklacocuk.com/?p=252
September 18th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Hello again, cocuklacocuk! It is meetings like this that makes the internet so enjoyable - getting to talk with people who before the internet existed we would never have had the chance to meet. Now I know when I finally do travel to Turkey, I should like to write you and hope that if I travel near enough to your town, I would be able to greet you personally and share a cup of coffee together.
September 23rd, 2007 at 8:33 pm
hi.good Delight thansk.