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Magnificent marshmallows

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50 mins plus cooling
Not Too Tricky

makes 32

About the recipe

Making and serving marshmallows is just one of those therapeutic, fun things to do. It’s kind of weird, but feels like magic! This is a precise recipe, so make sure you read through the method carefully before you start, get all your ingredients weighed out and get your equipment ready to go. You’ll be working with hot sugar and syrups, so it’s best to keep your kids out of the kitchen until those marshmallows are cooling, ready to eat.


nutrition per serving

Calories

0

Fat

0

Saturates

g

Sugars

0

Salt

g

Protein

g

Carbs

0

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

The cover of Jamie Oliver's Comfort Food cookbook

Jamie's Comfort Food

By Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

50g cornflour

50g icing sugar

50g liquid glucose syrup (get it from the supermarket or a chemist)

450g caster sugar

10 sheets of gelatine

2 large free-range egg whites

2 vanilla pods

optional: 1½ teaspoons natural food colouring

CHOOSE YOUR FLAVOUR

rose water

orange blossom water

natural lemon extract

natural orange extract

natural peppermint extract

Method

  1. Sift the cornflour and icing sugar into a bowl. Finely sift half the mixture over a deep baking tray (20cm x 30cm) and set the other half aside in the sieve until later.
  2. Mix the liquid glucose syrup and caster sugar together in a pan over a low heat with 250ml of cold water. Heat gently, stirring until all the sugar has dissolved and you have a clear syrup. Meanwhile, soak the gelatine leaves in a small pan with 125ml of water.
  3. Once the sugar syrup is clear, turn up the heat, pop in a sugar thermometer and allow the syrup to boil vigorously (please don’t stir it). When it reaches 110°C, place the gelatine pan over a medium heat and stir until dissolved.
  4. Whisk the egg whites in a free-standing electric mixer until you have stiff peaks. Once your syrup has reached 122°C, very carefully and slowly pour it down the sides of the bowl of the moving mixer, then pour in the dissolved gelatine.
  5. Halve the vanilla pods lengthways and scrape out the seeds, add the seeds to the mixer bowl, then continue to whisk for 6 to 8 minutes, or until the mixture has significantly increased in volume, but is thick and still pourable.
  6. You can have a plain white vanilla marshmallow, or you can add any of the flavours listed, to taste (remembering to start small as you can always add more, but you can’t take it away!). Add any natural food colouring at the same time (if using) – I like to try to match the colour of the marshmallow to the flavour I’m using – whisking for a further 2 to 3 minutes to give you a nice even colour and flavour.
  7. Either way, pour the marshmallow mixture into your prepared tray, use a palette knife to smooth it out, then sift over the remaining mixed cornflour and icing sugar and leave somewhere cool for 2 to 3 hours, or until set and soft.

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