Delicious Turkish delight with orange and walnuts. A delicious caramel flavor combined with nuts. And the confectioner's sugar you sprinkle on it melts in your mouth. Delicious!
Turkish delight, my neighbor's girlfriend when I was young, bought it sometimes. In my memories, it was very, very sweet and sticky and not quite my taste. At that time at least.
Since we moved, I have never tasted it. And when I saw it in the Turkish shop in the center I didn't have the feeling that I should try it either. It became a thing I think.
- In this recipe, gelatin is used so it isn't a vegetarian recipe. If you want a vegetarian version, replace the 4 teaspoons of gelatin with 1 ½ teaspoon of agar.
- By using walnuts this is not a nut-free recipe. You can make a nut-free version by replacing the walnuts with cranberries or chunks of chocolate.
- Cover the tin with plastic, so your Turkish delight is easy to take out of the tin.
- If you don't use food coloring the Turkish delight will turn yellow instead of red as seen in traditional stores. You can add a drop of red food coloring if you wish though.
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📖 Recipe
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Ingredients
- 200 grams sugar
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- 270 ml water
- 40 grams corn flour, + 1 extra tablespoon
- 4 teaspoons gelatin, or 1½ teaspoon agar agar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 20 grams candied orange peel, sliced finely
- 20 grams walnuts, chopped
- 3 tablespoons confectioners sugar
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Instructions
- Roast the walnuts in a dry frying pan on low heat until they smell nutty. Turn of the heat.
- Soak the gelatin in 2 tablespoons of water.
- Add the sugar, lemon juice, and ¾ cup of water to a saucepan and bring to the boil. Then turn the heat to low.
- Mix 2¾ tablespoon of cornflour with ½ cup of water until you get a smooth mixture.
- Add that to the saucepan, while stirring.
- Cook for 2 minutes, then add the gelatin.
- Turn the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Line a baking form with plastic foil.
- Mix the confectioner's sugar with 1 tablespoon cornflour.
- Duts the baking form with the sugar/cornflour mixture (just a thin layer).
- Take the saucepan off the heat and cool for 5 minutes at room temperature.
- Add the orange peel, walnuts, and vanilla extract and mix everything well.
- Pour the mixture into the baking form.
- Flatten the top with a spatula.
- Let it cool down at room temperature for another 4 hours.
- Cut the Turkish delight into small cubes. Dust them with the confectioner's sugar/cornflour mixture.
Notes
- In this recipe, gelatin is used so it isn't a vegetarian recipe. If you want a vegetarian version, replace the 4 teaspoons of gelatin with 1 ½ teaspoon of agar.
- By using walnuts this is not a nut-free recipe. You can make a nut-free version by replacing the walnuts with cranberries or chunks of chocolate.
- Cover the tin with plastic, so your Turkish delight is easy to take out of the tin.
- If you don't use food coloring the Turkish delight will turn yellow instead of red as seen in traditional stores. You can add a drop of red food coloring if you wish though.
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