Monday, November 14, 2011

Best guess at how to piece together this marshmallow recipe?

Just as your best guess, how much would YOU put in of each of these ingredients to make marshmallows and how would you use them?





((answer that comes even mildly close to what I'm going for gets best answer- and eternal thanks!))





-cane sugar


-water


-corn syrup


-acacia


-carrageenan


-cornstarch


-pure vanilla extract


-locust bean gum


-soy protein hydrolysate


-organic confectioner鈥檚 sugar


-sea salt|||If you want to make homemade marshmallows you should visit this cooking blog I love, the lady is genius she is always making them with exotic flavors like lavender, but she has simple ones as well, and the best part not a million different ingredients. her posting is under May's recipes


http://technicolorkitcheninenglish.blogs鈥?/a>|||To make marshmallows at home, combine 3 tablespoons of gelatin (a professional-grade concentrated gelatin would be a good choice, but generally is available only to the food industry) with 1/2 cup of cold water and let it stand for an hour. In the meantime, heat 2 cups of sugar, 3/4 cup light corn syrup, 1/2 cup of water, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Bring it to a boil and cook until the firm-ball stage (244掳F; 117掳C). Remove from the heat and pour it slowly over the gelatin, beating it constantly in a stand mixer. Beat it for a good 15 minutes. When it鈥檚 thick but still warm, add 2 tablespoons of vanilla or other flavoring (mint, strawberry, orange, flower water, etc.), if desired. Spread the mixture in a pan that has been lightly dusted with cornstarch. Let it dry for 12 hours, then cut it into squares with scissors dusted with cornstarch, and store them in an airtight container.





Another method involves cooking the sugar syrup to the hard-ball stage, adding it to the gelatin, adding the flavoring, beating it for ages, then beating it into beaten egg whites, but since that introduces the whole uncooked-egg thing, we鈥檒l skip it.

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