Oriental sweets Turkish delight

East has long been famous for its delicious sweets. For the first time I learned about them from the movie "Roksolana". There every holiday was celebrated abundance of sweets. The name "Turkish delight" seemed so mysterious and delicious that I decided one day to learn how to cook these "oriental sweets."
When found a recipe for sweets, was surprised that all the ingredients were readily available, and the cost is very low get the candy. Instead of candy purchased will eat "Turkish delight."
It is said to have invented the lokum (Turkish delight) Allie Mahiddin Bekir at the request of his sultan, who are tired of hard candy. Sultan wanted to get soft sweetness that did not have to chew on.
Allie Mahiddin starch mixed with water and sugar syrup, cool it in the form of a flat, cut into pieces and sprinkle with powdered sugar. So get the basics for candy, which is now famous for Turkey. Adding a variety of flavors, natural colors, all kinds of nuts, honey, fruit and even chocolate, you can get new chocolates that can please any gourmet.

For the preparation of oriental sweets "Turkish delight", the following products:
- 1000 g sugar
- 0.5 l of water
- 100 g of starch
- 3 tsp dry ground lemon peel
- 4 tablespoons grated apricot jam
- 1 cinnamon stick (optional)
- 1 cup peeled roasted peanuts
- 10 tablespoons powdered sugar

Peanuts and purify, if required, dried in a dry frying pan or oven.
Mix sugar with water (300 mL) and sent to the fire to boil.
Meanwhile starch water mix (200 ml).
By the way, if you can find the most pure wheat starch, so you'll have to cook the most expensive transparent and delicious delight. Rice can be used, as well as potato starch, but the latter is cloudy sweetness.
After boiling sugar syrup cook it on low heat for about 5 minutes.
Add the starch, which is soluble in water, bring to a boil mass and cook it until thick, stirring constantly over low heat.
Adding dry lemon peel, which was triturated. If you are ready lemon marmalade with me, then you have it should stay. While eaten marmalade, peel fully dry and can cook delight.
Add the pureed apricot jam and cinnamon stick if desired.
Sweet, viscous mass is turned off, add the peanuts and stir everything.
Form a small amount of grease with vegetable oil is odorless and fill it in sweet mass. Leave to harden.
Ready delight cut into cubes and dipped in powdered sugar.
Enjoy the eastern "Sweets for the throat," as it sounds in the Arabic language.
Bon Appetite!

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