Basic marshmallows

Name: Basic marshmallows
Yield: Makes about 900 g/2 lb
Ingredients: vegetable oil, for greasing; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup icing (confectioners’) sugar; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup cornflour (cornstarch); 50 g/2 oz/½ cup cornflour (cornstarch); 2 egg whites; 400 g/14 oz/2 cups caster (superfine) sugar; 15 ml/1 tbsp glucose syrup; 375 ml/13 fl oz/generous 1½ cups cold water; 60 ml/4 tbsp powdered gelatine

Preparation info

Makes about
900
g

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home-made Sweets & Candies

By Claire Ptak

Published 2022

About

The most important part of making marshmallows is the careful combination and aeration of egg whites, sugar syrup and gelatine.

Ingredients

vegetable oil, for greasing
50 g/2 oz/½ cup icing (confectioners’) sugar

Snack
Dessert

Method

Grease a shallow tin (pan) with the oil, then dust it with equal parts icing sugar and cornflour. Set aside. Whisk the egg whites to soft peaks using an electric mixer (this is best done in an electric stand mixer, though it is possible to do this in a copper or stainless-steel bowl with an electric hand whisk).