Turkish Delight

[jesus_narnia_freak7]

Okay I'm doing a Demo. speech for my public seaking class in two weeks. Do anyof y'all have ideas or recipies. I would like my TD to be as close to the movie as possible and easy

[Son of Adam]

There are numerous recipes for Turkish Delight, so here are two. Some people don't like Turkish Delight as it seems to be an acquired taste for many.

Turkish Delight is a candy that originated in Turkey in the 1700's. The candy was featured in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", by C.S Lewis. The White Witch tempted a character, Edmund with Turkish Delight. This easy Turkish Delight recipe will tempt you, too!
INGREDIENTS:

* 4 cups granulated sugar
* 1 1/4 cups cornstarch
* 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
* 4 1/4 cups water
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 1 1/2 tablespoons rosewater
* 1 cup confectioners sugar
* Vegetable oil ot shortening

PREPARATION:
In a 9 inch baking pan, grease the sides and bottom with vegetable oil or shortening. Line with wax paper and grease the wax paper.

In a saucepan, combine lemon juice, sugar and 1 1/2 cups water on medium heat. Stir constantly until sugar dissolves. Allow mixture to boil. Reduce heat to low and allow to simmer, until the mixture reaches 240 degrees on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat and set aside.

Combine cream of tartar, 1 cup corn starch and remaining water in saucepan over medium heat. Stir until all lumps are gone and the mixture begins to boil. Stop stirring when the mixture has a glue like consistency.

Stir in the lemon juice, water and sugar mixture. Stir constantly for about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low, Allow to simmer for 1 hour, stirring frequently.

Once the mixture has become a golden color, stir in rosewater. Pour mixture into wax paper lined pan. Spread evenly and allow to cool overnight.

Once it has cooled overnight, sift together confectioners sugar and remaining cornstarch.

Turn over baking pan containing Turkish delight onto clean counter or table and cut with oiled knife into one inch pieces.

Coat with confectioners sugar mixture. Serve or store in airtight container in layers separated with wax or parchment paper.

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Water - 250 ml (8 fl oz)
Gelatine - 25g (1 oz)
Sugar - 400g (14 oz)
Citric acid - ¼ tsp
Vanilla essence - ½ tsp
Triple-strength rose water - 2 tsp
Pink food colouring - few drops, optional
Icing sugar - 50g (2 oz)
Cornflour - 25g (1 oz)

Procedure

•Place the water in a large saucepan and sprinkle the gelatine on to the liquid. Set aside until the gelatine is spongy. Add the sugar and citric acid, place the pan over a gentle heat and stir constantly until dissolved. Bring the mixture to the boil and boil for 20 minutes without stirring. Remove from the heat and allow to stand for 10 minutes.
•Stir in the vanilla essence, rose water and colouring if used. Pour into a wetted 15 cm (6 inch) square baking tin. Leave uncovered in a cool place for 24 hours.
•Sift the icing sugar and cornflour together on to a sheet of greaseproof paper. Turn the Turkish delight on to the paper and cut into squares using a sharp knife dipped in the icing sugar mixture. Toss well in the mixture, so that all the sides are coated. Pack in airtight containers lined with waxed paper and dusted with the remaining icing sugar and cornflour.

[jesus_narnia_freak7]

Have you tried either before? Are they good? The last time I made TD it wa not as good as I thought it would be.

[White_Witch]

I have tasted a few different kinds of Turkish Delight before, and haven't really liked any of them. The first time was in 2005, the first time I was in the play, "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." The mother of the boy that played Edmund made Turkish Delight because she had made it several times before since, ironically, her son loved Turkish Delight. I didn't like it at all. She made it last year, too, with a slightly different recipe that had a little bit of chocolate in it (which I thought was odd), and I still didn't like it. The last Turkish Delight I had was the pistachio kind, which was okay I suppose. It was boxed Turkish Delight from Europe that was given to me as a wedding gift.

I've never made it before, though. "Son of Adam" must be right- I suppose it is an acquired taste.

[jesus_narnia_freak7]

Well I just made half a batch. It's sitting at home cooling. I licked the spoon and actually tasted good. Much better than the last timI tried to make it (I used the recipie on the BBC LWW DVD)

[-Daughter of Eve-]

I've never tried to make it myself,but I've had it and well..the taste reminded me strongly of..well..some kind of soap.

[jesus_narnia_freak7]

haha well the one I have at the house tastes like powdered sugar with a hint of rose (rosewater)

[Copperfox]

WhiteWitch, I'd love to read a further description of the LWW play you were in. Especially, how was Aslan represented on stage? I have a sister who is a professional actress in New York; she also happens to be an accredited master swordplay instructor. If she were cast as Jadis in a stage adaptation, she could not only do any amount of fighting her role called for, she could coach all the other actors as needed.

About Turkish Delight: popular tastes in treats and desserts have changed over the generations. I doubt that many of us would enjoy eating some forms of "pudding" that were commonly made in, say, Charles Dickens' time.

[Olórin the Wise]

Yeah, English pudding is rather different from American pudding. :rolleyes: Americans don't exactly think of pudding as something you can slice. :D

I think that whether or not you like Turkish Delight depends on the person. Apparently some people love it, while others can't stand it... no accounting for taste, I suppose. I've also heard that it's best when fresh.

[-Daughter of Eve-]

I wouldn't say I hated it,but the taste was definately strange.

[FaunFan01]

I haven't tasted Turkish Delight, but I do want to.

[-Daughter of Eve-]

It's very interesting ;)

[jesus_narnia_freak7]

I tried the stuff that I made...it was...quite...interesting. One piece in a day is enough for me. No one else in my family likes it so I haave 40 pieses with which I can torture my speech class :)

[Srob]

I've made it before. There is a recipe on WikiHow recipes or something. I loved it! It was quite sweet, but oh so good.

[Ms. Cadbury]

I wouldn't mind trying some myself as well! Ever since I saw the LWW cartoon, I had wanted to try some. :P Even in our beloved film, it looks so tasty and gushy sweet! ^^ I thought it was hilarious when the dwarf tasted some, too. :p

[Into the Wardrobe]

I had it as a child and it was wonderful. Of course tastes change and different flavors make a big difference. I'll have to try it again sometime. When was your speech and how did it go JesusnarniaFreak7?

[Cymro, Knight of Narnia]

oh I still haven't made the blasted stuff I've got to for Christmas!

[jesus_narnia_freak7]

My speach went really well...I was worried nobody would eat my TD but I had one guy (from England) ask for more and another (an Aussie) take a whole plate full home to his wife and four or five people said they liked it...(Americans!!) :D

[LadyAnneOfNarnia]

Turkish delight is tasty...a little too sugary for huge consumption. But it's good. I'll have it every once and a while :)

[waterhogboy]

It's only nice when it's made really well. Shop bought stuff is sick and I used to think it was horrible, then we were given some at a Greek restaurant - proper stuff - and it was gorgeous. Your home made stuff, jesus_narnia_freak was probably nicer than most stuff you can buy cos youd made it youself!