Recipes
Lokum (Turkish Delight)
Love those delicious, chewy Turkish sweets? Want to learn how to make them? Here's how!
Prep: 30 minCook: 10 minYield: Serves 16
Ingredients
- •Zest of one orange
- •250ml orange juice (from navel oranges)
- •1 cup sugar
- •1 cup cornstarch
- •1 teaspoon butter
- •1 pinch of salt
- •Granulated sugar for coating
Instructions
- 1
Zest the orange.
- 2
Squeeze enough oranges to obtain 250ml of juice.
- 3
In a nonstick saucepan, combine the zest, sugar, cornstarch and orange juice, stir and place over the heat.
- 4
Cook over high heat until it starts to boil, then reduce the heat to the lowest setting, stirring constantly until thickened.
- 5
Once thickened, remove from the heat, add the butter and pinch of salt, and stir until the butter melts.
- 6
Return to low heat and cook until the mixture pulls away from the pan.
- 7
Transfer to a container lined with plastic wrap and leave to cool.
- 8
Once cooled, cut into equal-sized pieces and coat in powdered sugar.