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5.16.2005

Turkish Delight

For you Narnia fans (and you know who you are):

TURKISH DELIGHT
5 Tablespoons corn starch
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 cup hot water
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon rosewater (or lemon juice)
2 cup pistacios (or other nuts, if you like)
a bag of powdered sugar

Mix corn starch with cold water & set aside

Bring hot water, sugar, and OJ to a boil
Add corn starch
Simmer for 15 minutes
STIR OFTEN

Remove from heat, add lemon juice and flavoring (whatever you choose)

Stir in nuts
Pour into buttered pan

When cooled and thickened (be patient!) cut into 1 inch cubes with knife dipped in hot water

Roll in powdered sugar.


HT: Into The Wardrobe

2 Comments:

tracey said...

Okay. I've got to try this. Wait. I guess I should ask if you have and if it's any good. I need to know if I'm shooting for "good" or "eh".

6:26 PM  
WordGirl said...

No idea. I'm gonna' try it this weekend. I'll report my findings. Sounds good, though, huh?

WG

2:16 PM  

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