Best Mint Turkish Delight Recipes

Turkish Delight (Lokoom) image

Provided by Cathleen Colbert

Categories Candy

Time 25m

Yield 1 3/4 pounds

Number Of Ingredients 8

3 envelopes unflavored gelatin
2 cups sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup water (add some rose water to make up cup)
1 tablespoon lemons or 1 tablespoon orange juice
1 teaspoon lemons or 1 teaspoon orange rind, grated
food coloring
powdered sugar

Steps:

Minted Turkish Delight Marinade image

Yield Makes about 1 1/2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup plain yogurt
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 cup chopped fresh mint
2 large garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

Steps:

Whisk yogurt, lemon juice and peel in small bowl until smooth. Add mint, garlic, salt, cinnamon, cayenne and allspice. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.)
Marinate lamb or chicken in half of marinade at least 1 hour or up to 4 hours in refrigerator. Remove from marinade, leaving thin coating of marinade on lamb or chicken. Grill. Passing remaining half of marinade separately.

Mint Turkish Delight image

Yield Makes about 36

Number Of Ingredients 7

four 1/4-ounce envelopes unflavored gelatin (about 3 tablespoons)
2 1/2 cups cold water
1 cup cornstarch
3 cups granulated sugar
2 cups packed fresh mint leaves, washed, dried, and chopped coarse
1 drop green food coloring if desired
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar plus additional if necessary

Steps:

Oil an 8-inch square baking pan and line with plastic wrap. Oil plastic wrap.
In a small bowl sprinkle gelatin over 1/2 cup cold water and let soften. In another small bowl stir together 1/8 cup cold water and cornstarch.
In a 4-quart heavy kettle stir together remaining 1 1/4 cups cold water, granulated sugar, and mint and bring to a boil over moderate heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Stir in gelatin and cornstarch mixtures and boil over moderate heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula, 10 minutes (mixture will be very thick). Stir in food coloring. Pour mixture into baking pan, smoothing top with spatula, and cool. Chill confection, loosely covered, until set, about 4 hours.
Sift 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar onto a work surface. Invert confection onto sugar and peel off plastic wrap. Cut confection into 1/8-inch cubes. Sift remaining confectioners' sugar over cubes and toss to coat. Wrap cubes in parchment paper (do not use wax paper, plastic wrap, or airtight containers because confections will weep) and chill. Turkish delight may be made 2 weeks ahead and kept chilled, wrapped in parchment paper.
Just before serving, recoat Turkish delight in additional confectioners' sugar.