Turkish delight
1 servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
2 | cups | Sugar |
2 | tablespoons | Cornstarch |
1 | cup | Water |
½ | teaspoon | Cream of tartar |
1 | tablespoon | Flavoring * |
Food coloring ** | ||
½ | cup | Toasted nuts, chopped *** |
Confectioners' sugar |
Directions
* Flavorings: rose, mastic, strawberry, orange or lemon. ** Food coloring: red, yellow, green or orange (depending on flavoring used) *** Nuts: almonds or pistachios Dissolve sugar and cornstarch in water. Add cream of tartar. Boil to 220 degrees F. Cover pot the last 5 minutes. Add flavor and food color. Add nuts.
Pour into oiled shallow pan. When cool, cut into squares and roll each piece in sifted powdered sugar. Store in plastic bag.
From: The Complete Greek Cookbook, by Theresa Karas Yianilos, Avenel Books, New York.