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Candied Roots, Fruits, Or Flowers

Make Candied Roots, Fruits, Or Flowers at home with Rose Water and Sugar. Serves 2. Keep it handy for the next time you cook it.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup
• 1 1/2 cup

Method (preview)

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   And sliced into 1/8" discs 2 sm Apples or pears, peeled,

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   Cored, and cut into 1/8"

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   Slices 1 c Fresh flower petals (trim

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   Boile it to an height.

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   Put in your roots, fruits or flowers, the sirrop being cold.

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   Then rest a little; after take them out, and boil the sirrop again.

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   Put in the roots, etc. the sirrop being cold, and let them stand till they candy.--Gervase Markham, The English Hous-wife

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   In a heavy saucepan, combine rose water and sugar. Bring to a boil.

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   Add vegetable or fruit slices or flower petals. Stir.

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    Return to a boil; reduce heat to a gentle boil and cook for 15 minutes.

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    As soon as sugar begins to caramelize (it will turn light brown), remove pan from heat.

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    Remove vegetable or fruit slices or flower petals, and set them on waxed paper. Refrigerate for 10 minutes.

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    Peel candies off waxed paper and store them in an airtight container. from To The Queen's Taste by Lorna J.

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    Sass "Miscellaneous" posted by Tiffany Hall-Graham