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Turkish Delight

SUBMITTED BY: JessieD

"This dessert is slightly exotic and is known by many people who have read the book 'The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe'. This would do well for a tea party, a holiday party, or even if you just wanted to surprise someone."

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PREP TIME	20 Min
COOK TIME	10 Min
READY IN	3 Hrs 30 Min

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

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.

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Reviewed on Jul. 29, 2007 by REBECCABOOLOU

Traditionally this is flavored with Rose Water, which is kind of hard to get in the States.... MORE

Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2007 by PhantomMoon

This is really good and easy! One note: after adding the cornstarch, it never did get "very... MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2007 by HeidiLynn75

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HeidiLynn75
Mar. 16, 2007

I made this recipe for my daughter's 4th grade class, as they are having a book-club discussion on "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"--so this was the perfect opportunity to try making Turkish Delight. It is an interesting recipe--with 3/4 c cornstarch plus gelatin plus sugar water boiled to 240, the likelihood that this will at least "gel" is pretty good, which was reassuring to me. The texture was somewhere between jello-squares and gum-drops, very sticky stuff (when it says to be generous with the powdered sugar--be generous)! The color was a pale orange; if I made it again, I would add orange food coloring. The taste was orange-y, and not bad, but odd to me. Maybe I'm jaded by chocolate fudge and candies like divinity, but the sweet, sugary flavor I expected was not as pure--either the flavor of the cornstarch tainted it, or the orange flavor wasn't strong enough. If I made it again, I would either add more OJ or add orange extract. I did use fresh orange zest--which made for an interesting, sort of chunky texture--and maybe dried zest would have given more flavor per Tbsp. Unless I have a specific reason--like a CS Lewis book club--I don't think I'll be making this again. It was pretty time consuming, and the results were a bit disapointing.

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I made this recipe for my daughter's 4th grade class, as they are having a book-club... MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 17, 2007 by liz

Well the recipe was good and it tasted okay, but I don't think I really care for Turkish... MORE

Reviewed on Nov. 2, 2007 by Shell C.

I made this for my son's birthday treat to take to class. He loves it and so does my husband,... MORE

Reviewed on Jul. 7, 2008 by Erinleigh

This is alright; I am not a dedicated fan of Turkish delight but this was better than... MORE

Reviewed on May 4, 2008 by its_ruthie

Made it and it is a very old fashioned sweetie. We are too used to jell-o and cool whip to... MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 25, 2008 by Joy Zarate

I'm giving this recipe five stars for the fun and ease of the recipe, not necessarily because... MORE

Reviewed on Jun. 4, 2008 by jordy

i dont like that this is made with jello...didnt turn out very well MORE