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During your trip to Turkey
you can easily buy excellent Turkish
Delight (lokum), but after
you return home you'll want more. Make
it yourself!
Here's a recipe to make several dozen
squares:
Ingredients
5-1/2 cups water
5 cups granulated sugar
1/4 cup confectioners (powdered) sugar
1-3/4 cups cornstarch
1 cup nuts: pistachios, hazelnuts or
walnuts
1
teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Preparation
In a saucepan, mix 4-1/2 cups water,
5 cups granulated sugar and 1 tsp lemon
juice. Bring the mixture to a boil,
then simmer for 10 minutes, dissolving
the sugar to make syrup.
In a bowl, mix 1 cup water and 1 cup
cornstarch, then blend in the cream
of tartar.
Gradually blend the cornstarch mixture
into the simmering syrup
while
vigorously stirring with a wire whisk.
Stir frequently while cooking for 1-1/2
to two hours, until the mixture forms
a soft ball with
an internal temperature of about 235°F
(113°C).
Test the mixture by dropping a small
amount into ice water. It should form
a ball. When picked out of the ice
water and held between two fingers,
it should easily flatten.
Stop cooking the mixture, and mix
the nuts in well. Hazelnuts or walnuts
should be broken into smaller pieces.
Pour the mixture into an eight-inch-square
flat cake pan (greased) and spread
it evenly throughout the pan. Sprinkle
two tablespoons of cornstarch on top
of the mixture and let stand for at
least three hours, or preferably overnight.
Mix 1/4 cup confectioners (powdered)
sugar and 3/4 cup cornstarch. Grease
a knife with butter and cut the Turkish
Delight into squares. Lift the squares
out of the pan, sprinkle with the cornstarch
and sugar mixture, and place on a rack
to "cure" for 12 hours. Sprinkle again
with the sugar and cornstarch, and
serve, or keep in a box. Do not refrigerate.
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