Turkish Delight
Real Turkish delight takes patience — the cornstarch mixture needs a full 45 minutes of simmering and constant stirring to reach the right thick, chewy consistency before the rosewater goes in.
Total time
70 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
50 min
Difficulty
hard
Cuisine
Turkish
vegetariangluten-freedessert
Ingredients
1 cupcornstarch
2 cupssugar
to tasterosewater and powdered sugar for coating
Instructions
1
Cook sugar and water to a syrup, separately cook cornstarch and water to a thick paste.
2
Combine the sugar syrup and cornstarch paste, then simmer for 45 minutes, stirring often, until very thick.
3
Stir in the rosewater once the mixture has thickened.
4
Pour into a lined tray, set overnight, cut into cubes and dust with powdered sugar.
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