Eats Turkish delight Syllabub from Nigella Bites.
Delicious as a dessert on its own or fabulous drizzled on the middle eastern orange cake (from last week) this is very indulgent ( as life should be). A wonderful mix of rosewater, orange and cream. Sensational. When you taste this you will never look back (except to see if your bottom got just went up a size )
This makes enough for about 8 little Turkish tea glasses.
You need:
12 tabs / 175 mil of Cointreau
just under 600ml double cream.
Juice of 2 lemons
125g of caster sugar
2 tabs rosewater
2 tabs of orange water
2 tabs pistacchios for sprinkling
· Combine lemon juice, Cointreau, and sugar in a kitchen aid or a bowl and dissolve sugar.
· Slowly stir in cream.
·Now start beating it. It will takes hours to do by hand or with electric beaters. But be patient. Put on the latest Mariah Carey, sorry, Coldplay and think of it as meditation. It may take up to 15 minutes. If you get bored and can’t be bothered and it doesn’t thicken , just leave it as is.
· Dribble in the rose and orange water and whisk or beat again till its thick and there are soft peaks (yes, another 10 mins or so..)
· Yes, you may taste it . You may faint with delight at this taste sensation
· Pour into the Turkish tea glasses or just in a pot to drizzle over any cake,
Scatter with pistachios and then be prepared. You will over whelmed with fans all screaming ‘ this is amazing’. And you know what? It is.
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