homemade turkish delight easy!!!

Bodymass

Glad someone likes the stuff. Personally find it revolting

prettyflamingo

hotpot1000 wrote: »

I always keep recipes I stumble across, I found another turkish delight recipe which doesnt have lemon juice.........if that helps, maybe you can do it either way

hi, i have got the lemon juice, its just that i didnt want to put it into the rosewater batch if it's only included in the ingredients list for the lemon flavoured part of the batch! i hope that makes sense? is your recipe similar to the above as i have all the ingredients except the rosewater? thanks!

lisa26_2

Thanks for the comment about getting the rosewater from holland and barratt. I LOVE turkish delight but never make it as I've only ever been able to get rose water essence which just isn't stron enough. Never thought of trying holland and barrat!

prettyflamingo

hmm slightly concerned now as i got essence of rosewater (i think) from sainsburys today for this recipe, hope it works ok. still no one know the answer to my lemon juice query??

hotpot1000

Ive not made it, but it looks like you can make it with or without lemon juice,

here's my other recipe I lifted off a forum
hope it helps

25g gelatine (I used 2 x sachets = 28g)
255ml water
4 tsp rose water (I suggest nipping down to the local Indian supermarket and getting rose oil instead, the flavour of the rose water isn't quite right apparently - and someone else on the good food website suggest you should use 3 drops of rose oil and one tsp rose water.... definitely worth a try)
450g caster sugar
3 - 4 drops red food colouring
3 tbspn icing sugar
1 tsp cornflour

Oh yeah, and lightly oil a baking tin to set it in.

Mix the gelatine, water and rose water in a large heavy-based pan and add the sugar.
Heat gently until the sugar and gelatine have dissolved, stirring continuously.
Bring to the boil, without stirring.
Reduce the heat and simmer for 20-25 mins
Remove from heat and add food colouring.
Leave to cool for a few minutes.
Pour the mixture into the oiled tin and leave to set for 24 hours.
Mix the cornflour with the icing sugar and toss the turkish delight in the mixture.
Store in airtight container, between layers of greaseproof paper.

Things to note:

The mixture became very frothy once it started to simmer. Keep a watchful eye on the pan, because once it has started a slow boil, it doesn't take long to heat up and the mixture rises in the pan.
The heat for simmering needs to be very low, and the heat of the mixture seems to fluctuate frequently.... I found myself having to remove the pan from the heat from time to time.... could be why it turned out chewy actually..... perhaps it boiled rather than simmered???

prettyflamingo

that recipe is very different horpot- the first one uses cornflower inside the mixture not sure whether that may affect the consistency? anyway i'm going to try the first one and then if thats no good i'll give yours a go! i'm very excited because i've got some lovely edible glitter which i use on the mincepies and will use on the xmas cake- now i can add it to the icing sugar dusting to make the turkish delight all sparkly!

hotpot1000

well Im glad you seem to be happy you're ready to make some, let us know how it goes, i will make some at some point-see how yours goes!

RachyD_3

I'm going to try this today........was hoping someone would answer the above lemon juice question 1st. Anyone?

savvy

lisa26 wrote: »

Thanks for the comment about getting the rosewater from holland and barratt. I LOVE turkish delight but never make it as I've only ever been able to get rose water essence which just isn't stron enough. Never thought of trying holland and barrat!

Tesco used to sell Rosewater for about 99p in the Indian food section, and I've also seen it in our International Food shop too if that helps anyone

VfM4meplse

Authentic TD doesn't require gelatine btw...a couple of recipes as follows:

• http://candy.about.com/od/sugarcandy/r/turkish_delight.htm
• http://www.instructables.com/id/Turkish-Delight-Lokum-recipe/

I love the idea of making it, esp covered with a thick layer of chocolate....but am really having to control my sugar intake now!