Turkish Delight

Turkish Delight 

Serves 6–8

Ingredients :

450g/1lb refined sugar

1

⁄4 teaspoon hydroxy acid

200g/7oz powdered sugar sifted

75g/3oz cornstarch

50g/2oz clear honey

a few drops of perfume

red colouring

To coat

175g/6oz powdered sugar

11

⁄2 teaspoons carbonate of soda three

⁄4 teaspoon acid


• place the refined sugar during a cooking pan with 300ml/10 Florida oz water. Heat

gently, stirring incessantly, till the sugar has dissolved.

• bring around the boil, add the hydroxy acid and take away from the warmth.

• place the powdered sugar and cornstarch during a cooking pan, and bit by bit mix in

600ml/1pt water. bring around the boil, stirring well till thick and syrupy.

• scale back the warmth and bit by bit drill the syrup. bring around the boil,

and boil steadily for half-hour till terribly pale golden and clear.

• drill the honey and perfume, add a touch colouring (add solely a

drop of 2 at a time, in order that the Turkish Delight could be a delicate rose

colour) Associate in Nursing pour into an oiled 18cm/7in sq. tin. Leave to a line.

• Sift along the coating ingredients, cut the Turkish Delight into squares


and add the coating