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Turkish Delight - a recipe for Wiz!

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TURKISH DELIGHT - makes about 40 pieces
(A bit labour intensive, but worth the effort)

Vegetable oil for greasing
450g granulated sugar
450ml cold water
1Tbsp lemon juice
110g cornflour, plus about 75g extra for coating
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
11/2 Tbsp rosewater
Few drops of red food colouring
About 75g icing sugar

1] Grease and line a 20cm - square baking tin with clingfilm, then lightly grease the clingfilm with the vegetable oil.

2] Place the sugar, 150 ml of water and lemon juice in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugare disolves, then let the mixture boil. Increase the heat to medium and boil, without stirring, until the temperature reaches 114-118degC. on a sugar thermometer, drop half a teaspoon of the misture into a glass of cold water. The mixture should form a squishy ball. Remove the saucepan from the heat.

3] Stir together the cornflour and cream of tartar in another heavy based pan. Gradually sir in the remaining water until no lumps remain. Put the saucepan over medium heat and stir continuously until mixture begins to boil and forms a thick, gluey paste. Slowly pour the hot sugar syrup into the cornstarch misture, stirring constantly to mix. Reduce the heat to a slow simmer and stir frequently for about 1 hour until the mixture has become slightly translucent and is a pale golden colour. ( Do no leave the pot unattended or the mixture will stick and burn at the base of the pan.) Stir in the rose water and food colouring until mixed well.

4] Pour the mixture into the prepared baking tin and spread evenly. Cool to room temperature, uncovered, then wrap with cling film and allow to firm up overnight.

5] Sift the icing sugar and a few tablespoons of cornflour onto a large cutting board. Turn out and with an oiled knife cut the set Turkish Deloight into bite-sized squares or rectangles. Roll pieces in the icing suger mixture to coat well. Store in an airtight container between sheets of waxed paper dusted with icing sugar.

These could also be coated in chocolate - melt milk or plain chocoate and dip each piece of TD in to cover (use a fondue fork or cocktail sticks), or place the TD on greaseproof paper and drizzle some melted chocolate over. If you are going to cover the TD in chocolate you may be advised to leave out the final dusting of icing sugar.

If you are having a chocolate fondue party you could also include these for dipping.

[face=Comic Sans MS]An ideal gift for children to make (under adult supervision) to give to teachers, grandparents and maiden aunts. (Please, non for me thank you I can't bear the texture. :roll: )[/face]


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Re: Turkish Delight - a recipe for Wiz!

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HEPZIBAH wrote:TURKISH DELIGHT - makes about 40 pieces
(A bit labour intensive, but worth the effort)
Thank you Hepzi, but I can't get the following ingredients here in Luxor,

1/2 tsp cream of tartar,
11/2 Tbsp rosewater,
Few drops of red food colouring,
About 75g icing sugar.

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Post by FABlux »

Can't help with the others but you can make icing sugar by putting ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder. I know I ran out one Xmas :roll: :oops:
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Post by DJKeefy »

not sure about these:-

1/2 tsp cream of tartar,
11/2 Tbsp rosewater,

you dont need:- but they must have it, they make Turkish Delight,ive seen it at the festivals in a red colour and plain.
Few drops of red food colouring,

ive seen this in luxor before:-
About 75g icing sugar.
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Thank you Keefy. :D
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Re: Turkish Delight - a recipe for Wiz!

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Wizard wrote:TURKISH DELIGHT
Thank you Hepzi, but I can't get the following ingredients here in Luxor,

1/2 tsp cream of tartar,
11/2 Tbsp rosewater,
Few drops of red food colouring,
About 75g icing sugar.

:D
[face=Comic Sans MS]Oh Wiz, I am surprised. :( Looks like it's a no fat and no sugar recipe afterall. ;) :oops: :lol:

Cream of tartar - I'm not sure myself what you can use as a substitute but you can guarantee I shall now be trying to find out.

Rose water - I'm sirprised you can't get that in Luxor! I thought I had read on one of the threads about orange water - if you can get that then of course you don't need to use .....
Red food colouring - again I am surprised that is not available as I recall seeing some fairly highly coloured food and sweets in Egypt.

Icing sugar - as already mentioned, normal grained sugar can be made to a finer texture by 'whizzing' in a coffee or food grinder. Alternatively it can placed in a thick plastic bag and gradually crushed with a rolling pin. :) [/face]
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Turkish Delight - recipe 2

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This recipe does not use cream of tartar but does use gelatine.

Turkish Delight

Why not make your own Turkish delight this Christmas, maybe as an extra present from you to you!

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

Cooking Instructions:

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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Post by Countessa »

awww Wiz....we're all now on a quest to hunt down those vital ingredients :)

I've seen icing sugar in Omar's and you can get rose water in most pharmacies.

Not sure about the cream of tartar and food colouring - will get looking :sl:
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mmm my favourite,however if i can't fathom a Flan I've haven't got a cat in hells chance of conjuring up a plate of Turkish Delight :?
Mind you looking at the list of ingredients i think it would be cheaper to buy a box :)
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jojo wrote:Mind you looking at the list of ingredients i think it would be cheaper to buy a box :)
[face=Comic Sans MS]Not so sure about that jojo. I think if you like Turkish Delight or know a special someone to give it to, making it yourself would be so much more 'personal' and the ingredients aren't that expensive - are they? ( I havn't bought sugar in over 4years and there is still plenty of it left :roll: ). Mind you, it would be costly for me to buy, but then it would involve a long weekend in Istanbul. ;) :) :lol: [/face]
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jojo wrote:Looking at the list of ingredients for Turkish Delight I think it would be cheaper to buy a box
You may well be right there jojo. I think Hepzi has a hidden agenda, she wants me to get fatter as she becomes slimmer. :D
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Wizard wrote:You may well be right there jojo. I think Hepzi has a hidden agenda, she wants me to get fatter as she becomes slimmer. :D
[face=Comic Sans MS]One things for sure - the only Turkish Delight Hepzi is interested in is in Turkey. And it doesn't come dusted in iceing sugar either. ;) :oops: [/face]
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HEPZIBAH wrote:[face=Comic Sans MS]( I havn't bought sugar in over 4years and there is still plenty of it left ) [/face]
Yikes...we get through 10kg of sugar a month in our family - not buying sugar is anathema to Egyptians :roll: How do manage to make cakes, jellies etc??
HEPZIBAH wrote:[face=Comic Sans MS]One things for sure - the only Turkish Delight Hepzi is interested in is in Turkey. And it doesn't come dusted in iceing sugar either. ;) :oops: [/face]
oooooh Hepzi - you dark horse!!! Do tell ;)
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It called powered sugar in Egypt, not icing sugar
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HEPZIBAH wrote:One things for sure - the only Turkish Delight Hepzi is interested in is in Turkey. And it doesn't come dusted in iceing sugar either.
Oooo Hepzi, you're such a fast cat. :D
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:lol: -poor Hepzibah
the best kind of Turkish delight is the one that is smothered in thick milk chocolate,like the ones you get in Dairy box and milktray :P
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I have some Cream of Tartar
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TONY wrote:I have some Cream of Tartar
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[face=Comic Sans MS]Congratulations Tony :) :lol: Sounds as though it might be like gold dust in Luxor so guard it carefully. :) [/face]
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[quote="countessa] Yikes...we get through 10kg of sugar a month in our family - not buying sugar is anathema to Egyptians :roll: How do manage to make cakes, jellies etc??
HEPZIBAH wrote:[face=Comic Sans MS]One things for sure - the only Turkish Delight Hepzi is interested in is in Turkey. And it doesn't come dusted in iceing sugar either. ;) :oops: [/face]
oooooh Hepzi - you dark horse!!! Do tell ;)[/quote]

[face=Comic Sans MS]I don't take sugar in drinks, and neither do any of my friends, so it is only used in cooking. Living alone I don't make cakes & puddings for myself and I havn't done any entertaining or edible gift making for a very long time. :(

As for the other, well its like this.....No! on second thoughts I'll wait to see if becomes another chapter in my book. ;) [/face]
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Good advice, I think locking it in a safe would be in order. :lol:
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