Turkish delight - oriental delicacy

Have you tried these delicious candies? You have a chance to cook them! This recipe has been haunting me since childhood. Turkish delight is my favorite oriental delicacy. Mom used to buy it for me all the time. Now, where I live, Turkish delight is not sold. But sometimes I want to pamper myself with them. I found this recipe in a magazine. Now sometimes I create this delicacy for myself on my own. I want to share with you the secret of this yummy.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 0 % 0 g
Fats 0 % 0 g
Carbohydrates 100 % 68 g
274 kcal
GI: 7 / 0 / 93

Cooking method

Cooking time: 9H

So, you will need a cauldron. If there is no such thing, then take a copper basin. It is necessary to cook sugar syrup in it. Then dilute the starch in water and when the sugar syrup boils, add to it. Stir, make the fire smaller and cook until it thickens. You need to interfere constantly. Then put the cinnamon and orange zest in the mass. Divide the resulting mixture into two parts. Add jam and nuts to each one, which must be pre-chopped. Take a wooden baking sheet. Put the mass on it. The layer should be 2.5 centimeters. Put it to freeze. It will take 3-4 hours. After that, cut the frozen mass into cubes and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Brush the knife with vegetable oil. After each cut, lubricate the knife with oil again. Mix the starch with powdered sugar. Pour it into a container. Put the cubes of Turkish delight there and shake. Wrap the container in paper. It is necessary to avoid getting air on it. Enjoy your treats!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Hazelnuts - 670   kcal/100g
  • Almonds nuts - 609   kcal/100g
  • Cinnamon - 247   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Starch - 320   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Powdered sugar - 374   kcal/100g
  • Lemon zest - 47   kcal/100g
  • Apricot jam - 249   kcal/100g
  • Any jam - 271   kcal/100g

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