what are turkish delights and how do you make them?

Answer 1

Turkish Delights

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups water
3 cups granulated sugar
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 cup orange juice
3 tablespoons orange zest
3 (.25 ounce) envelopes unflavored gelatin
3/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup cold water
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup chopped pistachio nuts
confectioners' sugar for dusting
DIRECTIONS
Bring 1 1/2 cups water, sugar, and corn syrup to a boil over medium-high heat in a large saucepan. Cook, stirring frequently, until the temperature reaches 240 degrees F (115 degrees C) on a candy thermometer. Set aside and keep hot.
Stir together orange juice and orange zest, sprinkle with gelatin, and set aside. In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in 1/2 cup cold water, then stir into hot syrup. Place over medium-low heat, and simmer, stirring gently, until very thick.
Remove syrup from heat, stir in orange juice mixture, vanilla, and pistachios. Sprinkle a 8x8-inch pan generously with confectioners' sugar. Pour the Turkish delight into the pan, and let cool in a cool, dry place (not the refrigerator) until set, 3 to 4 hours.
When cool, sprinkle the top with another thick layer of powdered sugar. Cut into 1-inch squares, and dredge each well with confectioners' sugar. Store at room temperature in an airtight container.

Answer 2

Turkish Delight, lokum, or loukoum is a confection made from starch and sugar. It is often flavored with rosewater or lemon, the former giving it a characteristic pale pink color.

It has a soft, sticky consistency, and is often packaged and eaten in small cubes that are dusted with sugar to prevent sticking. Some recipes include small nut pieces, usually pistachio, hazelnut or walnuts.

Turkish Delight is served to guests during Turkish Holidays (Bayram) usually, and it's a well known snack/dessert in Turkey and Europe.

It is fairly hard to make a Turkish Delight at home, there are many recipes out there, but it's very hard to make it taste like real Turkish Delight.

I order authentic Turkish Delights from a website (they are located in NY, USA) and they ship worldwide. You can visit their selection here: http://www.turkishcorner.com/turkish-delight-lokum.html

They carry Haci Bekir and Gulluoglu brands, which are the 2 most popular brands in Turkey.

Good luck, and enjoy Turkish Delights.

Answer 3

They are a gummy soft candy that tastes a little like turpentine with a confectioners suger coating. Usually they are cut up into little squares about an inch on a side. A couple of years ago I found and old box of them on a shelf that were 15 years old. I ate them just to see what would happen. Nothing happened, so I guess they keep for decades.

I'm not sure how to make them, I only eat them.

Answer 4

2 c Sugar
2 tb Cornstarch
1 c Water
1/2 ts Cream of tartar
1 tb Flavoring
Food coloring
1/2 c Toasted nuts, chopped
Confectioners' sugar

* Flavorings: rose, mastic, strawberry, orange or
lemon. ** Food coloring: red, yellow, green or orange
(depending on flavoring used) *** Nuts: almonds or
pistachios

Dissolve sugar and cornstarch in water. Add cream of
tartar. Boil to 220 degrees F. Cover pot the last 5
minutes. Add flavor and food color. Add nuts.

Pour into oiled shallow pan. When cool, cut into
squares and roll each piece in sifted powdered sugar.
Store in plastic bag.

Answer 5

turkish delight...is feral.

It's like this hard jelly covered either in chocolate or a icing suger or something....

ew.

Answer 6

I thought they were a candy bar