This Turkish delight recipe is a real find for those mothers whose children are very fond of sweets. Perhaps not a day goes by that a child does not ask for a sweet. But children are not always allowed to eat chocolate and other sweets, since almost all store-bought confectionery products do not benefit the children’s body. But you can treat your child to an unusual Turkish delight made from homemade pumpkin. Preparing such a dessert is not at all difficult, in addition, this dessert is very healthy and is considered almost dietary.
Turkish delight from fresh pumpkin
Compound:
Fresh pumpkin – 250 grams,
Potato starch – 2 cups,
Sugar – 500 grams,
Water,
Lemon juice
Cooking:
Cut the pumpkin with medium pieces, pour 100 milligrams of water into a deep enameled pan and add all the sugar. Prepare the syrup so that the sugar is completely dissolved in it. Add chopped pumpkin to the finished syrup and put to boil over medium heat. After the pumpkin is soft, remove the container from the heat and let cool. Using a hand blender, turn the pumpkin into a homogeneous mass. Add lemon juice to puree, mix well. Put the mashed potatoes on medium heat, but in the meantime you can cook potato starch. To introduce starch into pumpkin puree, it must be diluted in cold water. This can be done in an ordinary glass, pour the prepared starch to the bottom, add a little water and mix thoroughly so that all the starch can dissolve. You will need one and a half glasses of water for 2 cups of potato starch. While you are dissolving the starch, the pumpkin puree will begin to boil, and now you can gradually introduce the starch, while the liquid must be stirred all the time with a spoon. The mass will begin to thicken little by little.
The most important thing is that there are no lumps of starch in the puree. Stir for a few minutes, then remove the pumpkin puree from the heat.
While the puree is cooling, prepare a form for its solidification. To do this, you can use a plastic container or a ceramic mold with low sides. The mold must be greased with vegetable or butter. Pour the puree into the prepared form, if you want to use a plastic form, you need to pour the puree into it only when it has completely cooled down. When the puree has completely cooled, it must be put in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
After the puree has solidified, it must be laid out on a flat surface, cut into large squares. Dip each one in powdered sugar.
Turkish delight with candied fruits
This dessert is prepared in the same way as from a pumpkin. Pour the finished mass into a special form for solidification, spread the chopped candied fruit on the lower layer of Turkish delight, and put another layer of mass on top. When the Turkish delight hardens and you cut it, try to make sure that each piece contains candied fruit. You can simply mix the mass with candied fruits and put it in a mold. You can also add nuts to this dessert.
Cooking Turkish delight with additives
To the basic recipe for making Turkish delight (water, potato starch, water), you can add:
Turmeric;
Instant coffee;
Lemon, lime or orange juice;
rose oil;
cherry or pomegranate juice;
Any berries or fruits (melon, currant, strawberry;
Fresh fruit can be replaced with any fruit jam;
Plain milk or with the addition of cocoa;
What else can be added to Turkish delight
You can replace powdered sugar with regular or brown sugar. But besides this, you can use coke shavings. If you like unusual tastes, dip Turkish delight in cocoa powder or chopped nuts.
Festive version of cooking Turkish delight
Prepare a dessert from the selected ingredients. Disabened a little cooled ready -made mass on a table pre -sprinkled with powdered sugar or vanilla sugar. Put chopped candied fruits and chopped nuts on top of the mass. Gently roll up and place in a cool place to set. Cut the dessert into circles and put on a flat dish. Dessert for children is ready, bon appetit!