Homemade Gold.
Ummm. Wow. This is amazingly cool. Definitely worth giving a shot.
This recipe makes 8 fairy floss sticks.
What you’ll need…
- Sugar 800 grams/4 cups
- Corn syrup 240 ml/1 cup
- Water 40 m/1 cup
- Salt 1.5 grams/1/4 teaspoon
- Raspberry extract (0r any flavour you like)
- 5 ml/1 teaspoon pink (or any other colour) food colouring (optional)
- 2 drops ‘decapitated whisk’
How to…
1. In a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar, corn syrup, water and salt. Stir until the sugar is melted. With a damp pastry brush, wipe down the sides of the pan to prevent stray sugar crystals from forming.
2. Clip on a candy thermometer, stop stirring, and heat to 320F (160C). Pour the molten liquid into a shallow heatproof container. Add the extract and food coloring (if using) and stir well.
3. Line your work table with parchment. I also spread parchment on the floor around the table to catch any stray bits of flying sugar.
4. Dip your decapitated whisk into the sugar syrup and hold it over the pot to let the sugar drip back into the container for a second. Holding the whisk a foot (30 cm) above the parchment, swing the whisk back and forth so that thin strands of sugar fall on the paper. Repeat this a few more times until you have a nice nest of spun sugar.
5. Immediately wrap the cotton candy around large lollipop sticks (if you wait too long, the sugar will become brittle and won’t bend around the stick). Eat immediately or seal in air-tight containers – any moisture will make the cotton candy soggy.
Source: http://cooking-books.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/homemade-cotton-candy.html
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