LOKHOOM - TURKISH DELIGHT

Imagine yourself in the Sultan's tent nibbling on these sweets!



INGREDIENTS:
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 8 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 8 cups hot water
• 3 drops Bergamot oil*
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pistachio nuts or almonds [optional]
• Powdered sugar

*Can substitute orange flower water or Boyajians orange oil. Found in good cooking stores such as Williams-Sonoma

PREPARATION:
•Mix constarch an sugar together in a large pan. Add the lemon juice and water and cook over medium heat until the liquid becomes thickened and a lightly golden in color. Turn the heat down to low and cook for 2 hours. At about 1 hour and 45 minutes, add the Bergamot oil and the chopped nuts. You are now ready to transfer the candy to a buttered pyrex plate to cool the You can tell the right consistency when the liquid jells and separates from the sides of the pan and forms a large ball. Pour contents into a buttered pyrex pie plate and let cool. When cool, cut into 1 inch squares and sprinkle the candy generously with powdered sugar. Serve.


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