Sweet and soft candies that make children crazy (and not only): marshmallows are also prepared at home, we discover together as
Worshiped by children, i Marshmallow I'm soft and sweet cylindrical candies that can be also prepare at home. Have you ever tried? The recipe is not difficult, just follow some simple tips. Do you think that marshmallows have a really ancient history: it seems that in France they were already loved in the 1800, then become very famous in the United States in the 50s and turn into the sweets most consumed by Americans, who do not eat them only naturally, but also heat them on the embers or use them for cakes and chocolates.
How to prepare marshmallows
Ingredients
170 grams of water
17 grams of isinglass
230 grams of granulated sugar
130 grams of powdered sugar
100 grams glucose
100 grams of egg whites
90 grams of cornstarch
Tools
Kitchen thermometer, baking sheet, spatula, baking paper, strainer
Method
Put in immediately soak the isinglass for about 10 minutes in 85 grams of cold water. Pour the same quantity into a saucepan together with the granulated sugar and the glucose. Warm up everything and, helping yourself with the kitchen thermometer, wait for the temperature to reach 115 ° C. Whip apart from the egg whites until stiff and poured inside them syrup when it is at the right degrees. Whip everything with the whips.
Pour the jelly in the saucepan without removing the water and let it melt. Be careful that the fire is low! Add the gelatine al mixture of egg whites and syrup and let the whips go by still assembling the mix.
Line a baking sheet with baking paper and sprinkle it with cornstarch and icing sugar, which you will have sifted and united. Helping you with a spatula, pour the base compound of marshmallow on baking paper and roll it out so that it has the same height and is uniform.
Cover everything, dusting again with the mixture of cornstarch and powdered sugar. Let the marshmallow rest for one night at room temperature without covering the pan. Then overturn the compound rectangle on a plane and cut with a knife the marshmallows of the shape you prefer. Let them dry again one day and then keep them, so that they remain soft, in a jar with an airtight seal.
How to get colored marshmallows?
For pink, blue marshmallows or the color your children prefer, you'll have to add a few drops of it food coloring to the mixture before whipping it with the whips.
Marshmallows for the befana stocking or birthdays
If you want to surprise your children, you can put marshmallows in the befana stocking, or prepare them for the occasion birthdays instead of industrial sweets. You will make a great figure wrapping them with a pinch of fantasy!
Marshmallows and hot chocolate
Especially in the United States, marshmallows are used to make a snack-based snack even sweeter hot chocolate. Just drench the amount you want (do not overdo it or the taste will be cloying!) In the cup before serving the chocolate! And if you want a tasty snack, skewer the marshmallows with a toothpick and dip them in the melted chocolate … a real pity!
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