Turkish Delight Recipe

Turkish Delight

Recipe by Jackie Cameron

Dessert means time to relax so serve something effortless such as crispy crunchy popcorn, smooth-textured Turkish delight and decadent hand-made chocolate truffles.

Turkish Delight

Yields : +- 40 (2x2cm in size)

Ingredients :

50g powdered Gelatine

250ml Rose Water

750g Castor Sugar

88g Corn Flour

60ml Rose Syrup

15ml Rose Syrup

30g Icing Sugar

30g Corn flour

Method :

1) Sponge the gelatine in the rose water

2) Put the sponged gelatine and rose water into a pot and stir until all the sugar crystals are dissolved

3) Make slurry (flour, water paste) with the 88g corn flour and the 60ml rose water

4) Add this to the hot liquid and allow this to come to the boil

5) Add 15ml Rose syrup for colouring

6) Pour this mixture into an oiled tray (15x22cm) and allow setting over night at room temperature

7) Cut into blocks. Mix the 30g Icing Sugar and the 30g Corn flour together.  Dust the Turkish delight in this and serve when needed

Please post your comments and any food-related questions below.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Jackie Cameron 
Head Chef 
Hartford House
www.hartford.co.za
jackie@hartford.co.za
+27 33 263 2713

Comments

[Avika]

Hi, I've tried the Turkish Delight and it is divine. Just a lil prob though, whilst waiting for the mixture to boil, it started to stick to the bottom of the pot. How can I avoid this.

[Jackie Cameron]

Hi Avika,

This is wonderful news. So glad you enjoyed this recipe.

I can only suggest for you to do this process a little slower so at a lower heat. Otherwise, this may have something to do with the type of pot you are using. I find some pots, no matter what I do, they always stick. Try using a heavy based, good quality almost non-stick pot for something of this nature.

Hope this helps and shout if you have any other foodie questions. All the best.

Yours in hospitality
Jackie Cameron
(Head Chef)

[Nicci]

Made it in my Thermomix,no sticky problem, simply divine. Storage is a problem... Wanted to fill all my used Douwe Egberts coffee jars as Christmas gifts, but, alas, no more TurkishDelight....sigh, I'll have to start again. Maybe 3am when everyone is sleeping...

[Jackie Cameron]

Thanks Nicci for your comment.

What a wonderful Christmas gift… keep it airtight to ensure the Turkish delight doesn’t dry out. Even add extra icing/cornflour into your bottles to maintain moisture.

All the best with this.

Yours in hospitality
Jackie Cameron
(Head Chef)

[Trudy]

Hi Jackie

Thanks for a great recipe. I was wondering if it was possible to incorporate alcohol into this recipe, for instance a vodka and rosewater turkish delight? And if so, how much and does anything else in the recipe change?

Thanks,
Trudy

[Jackie Cameron]

Hi Trudy, sounds great!
I would start with adding a little less rose water and replacing with vodka; for instance. Go by taste as some may have a heavy hand. I can’t see that this will affect the final product as we are talking small quantities.
All the best with this.

Yours in hospitality
Jackie Cameron
(Head Chef)