Turkish Delight

Name: Turkish Delight
Yield: Makes about 1.6 kg/3½ lb
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: butter, for greasing; 450 g/1 lb/2¼ cups caster (superfine) sugar; 900 ml/1½ pints/3¾ cups water; 2.5 ml/½ tsp cream of tartar; 75 g/3 oz/⅔ cup cornflour (cornstarch); 75 g/3 oz/⅔ cup cornflour (cornstarch); 200 g/7 oz/generous 1⅔ cups icing (confectioners’) sugar, plus extra for dusting; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup honey; rose water; lemon extract; pink food colouring

Preparation info

Makes about
1.6
kg

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home-made Sweets & Candies

By Claire Ptak

Published 2022

About

This fresh version of Turkish delight tastes very different from many of the commercially produced versions, so it is worth trying even if you think you do not like it. The texture is soft and silky, and the ancient combination of perfumed roses with a hint of lemon makes these fragrant treats a real delight.

Ingredients

butter, for greasing
450 g/1 lb/2¼ cups caster (superfine) sugar

Method

Grease an 18cm/7in square tin (pan) and set aside.
Put the sugar, 150ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup of the water and the cream of tartar into a heavy pan. Stir over low heat to dissolve the sugar, then bring to the boil and boil, without stirring, until it reaches the soft-ball stage (114°C/238°F). Set aside.
Combine the cornflour, icing sugar and 50ml/2fl oz/¼ cup

Energy 2971kcal/12672kJ; Protein 3.9g; Carbohydrate 786.5g, of which sugars 717.5g; Fat 0.5g, of which saturates 0.1g; Cholesterol 0mg; Calcium 358mg; Fibre 0.1g; Sodium 84mg