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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Combine sugar, 1 1/2 cups water and lemon juice in a thick-based pan. | 2. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves, brushing sugar crystals off side of pan with bristle brush dipped in cold water. | 3. Bring to the boil and boil to soft ball stage 115 C (240 F) on a candy thermometer; remove from heat. | 4. In another thick-based pan blend cornflour, cream of tartar and 1 cup cold water until smooth. | 5. Boil remaining 2 cups water and stir into cornflour mixture, then place over low heat. | 6. Stir constantly until mixture thickens and bubbles; use a balloon whisk if lumps form. | 7. Pour hot syrup gradually into cornflour mixture, stirring constantly. | 8. Bring to a boil and gently for 1 1/4 hours; stir occasionally with a wooden spoon and cook until mixture is a pale golden color. Stirring is essential. | 9. Stir in rose water to taste and a few drops of red food coloring to tinge it pale pink. | 10. Blend in nuts if used, and remove from heat. | 11. Pour into an oiled 23 cm (9 inch) square cake tin and leave for 12 hours to set. | 12. Combine confectioners' sugar and the 1/4 cup cornflour in a flat dish. | 13. Cut Turkish Delight into squares with an oiled knife and toss in sugar mixture. | 14. Store in a sealed container with remaining sugar mixture sprinkled between layers. | 15. *VARIATIONS: | 16. Creme de Menthe Lokum:. | 17. Replace rose water and red food coloring with 2 tablespoons Creme de Menthe liqueur and a little green food coloring; omit nuts | 18. Orange Lokum: | 19. Use 1-2 tablespoons orange flower water instead of rose water; use orange food coloring | 20. Vanilla Lokum: | 21. Use 2 teaspoons vanilla essence instead of rose water and coloring, stir in 1/2 cup toasted chopped almonds or chopped walnuts. Do not blanch almonds. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
sugar	4	cups	granulated	1279.2	240.032	40.04	19.968
water	4 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
lemon juice	1	teaspoon		1.1183	0.3508	0.0178	0.0122
cornflour	1	cup		-	-	-	-
cream tartar	1	teaspoon		7.74	1.845	0.0	0.0
rose water	1	tablespoon	doubled	-	-	-	-
red food coloring				-	-	-	-
almond	1/2	cup	chopped toasted	963.56	0.0	0.0	109.0
confectioner ' sugar	3/4	cup		-	-	-	-
cornflour	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.