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Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
From: sylvia@itrc.on.ca (Sylvia Genders-LeReverend)
Subject: Recipes: Turkish Delight (Loukhoum)
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 05:09:44 +0000
Message-ID: <9411222042.af10767@post.demon.co.uk>
Rose-Flavoured Turkish Delight
3 env. unflavoured gelatin
2 c. sugar
1 c. water
1/2 tsp. good rose flavouring
red food colouring
1+ c. icing sugar mixed with
1+ c. corn starch
Bring gelatin, sugar, and water to boil, then simmer for 20 minutes. Add
rose flavouring and a few drops of colouring. Strain into buttered pan and
chill 24 hours.
Turn out onto slab covered with 1/2 icing sugar mixed with 1/2 cornstarch.
Cut into 1' squares, being careful not to let them touch each other (or
they stick!). Roll each in sugar mix, and pack in an air-tight tin with
remainder of sugar mix.
Citrus/Pomegranate-Flavoured Lokum (from Rose Dosti's book, Middle Eastern
Cooking)
3 env. unflavoured gelatin
1-1/2 c. water
2 c. sugar
1 c. citrus/pomegranate juice
food colouring
icing sugar to coat
Bring gelatin, water, and sugar to boil and simmer 30 minutes. Add fruit
juice and food colouring. Simmer another 5 minutes. Pour into oiled pan and
chill until firm. Use sharp, wet knife to cut into 1" cubes, and drop onto
waxed paper covered with icing sugar. Toss to coat well.
Enjoy!
Sylvia 8-) +