Meyer Lemon Turkish Delight

Submitted by mama_b

"Not as sickly sweet as the traditional candy, but still wonderfully lemony. Use a regular lemon and an orange if Meyer lemons aren't available."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 60 pieces
• Serves: 20

ingredients

• 3 (1/4 ounce) envelopes unflavored gelatin
• 1⁄2 cup cold water
• 2 cups sugar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup hot water
• 2 large meyer lemons, juice and grated rind
• yellow food coloring (optional)
• confectioners' sugar

directions

1. Soften the gelatin in the cold water.
2. Combine the sugar, salt and hot water in a saucepan; heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
3. Stir in the softened gelatin; turn the heat down and simmer, without stirring, for 20 minutes.
4. Remove from the heat and stir in the grated rind and lemon juice, and a little yellow food coloring to tint the mixture, if desired.
5. Let stand 3 minutes.
6. Strain the mixture into a 8 x 4-inch loaf pan which has been rinsed with cold water.
7. Let stand without disturbing until slightly jellied (to prevent filming the sides of the pan); then refrigerate overnight. Loosen around the sides of the pan with a wet spatula.
8. Slip the spatula down one end and underneath the jellied mixture, then pull it out of the pan with your hands onto a surface liberally dusted with confectioner's sugar.
9. Cut into 1-inch squares.
10. Roll in confectioners' sugar to coat. Store in one layer in a tightly covered container at room temperature.
11. The candies will stay moist for about 2 weeks.

Reviews

[Karen W.]

This is a really good recipe for beginner candy makers. I would stress adding a like amount of corn starch to the confectioner's sugar for tossing the cut pieces; the sugar alone will be absorbed by the moist candy and become a sticky blobby mess, so the corn starch will help the final product to develop a bit of a skin and retain its shape. I would also let the rind remain in the mixture for a bit longer (10-15 minutes) before straining, to extract as much flavor as possible.