Ingredients

• 1 lb (450 gm) - granulated sugar
• quarter pint (150 ml) - water
• 1/2 ounce (13 gm) - powdered gelatine
• 1 tbsp - corn flour
• 2 tbsp - icing sugar, sifted
• pink food colouring
• juice of one lemon
• few drops - rose water

How to Make Turkish Cubes

• Soak the gelatine in half the water.
• Pour the remaining water into a saucepan, add the sugar and heat gently while stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
• Add softened gelatine and stir into the syrup.
• Simmer gently for 20 minutes then add the lemon juice.
• Pour half the mixture into one of 2 wetted, small square tins, tins should be small enough for Turkish delight to be one inch thick.
• Add 2 drops of pink colouring and a few drops of rose water to the remaining mixture, stir well and pour into the remaining tin.
• Leave for 24 hours in the fridge to set.
• Mix the icing sugar and corn flour together in a polythene bag.
• Dust hands with this mixture and pull Turkish delight from the tins.
• Cut into 1 inch (2.5cm) strips and then into cubes.
• Toss the cubes in icing sugar mixture.