Marshmallow Mayhem

 

 

It occurred to me while making these that i could possibly be declared insane, I have a tendency to take on 'experiments' just to see if I can do it.

 

Put 6 sheets of gelatine into the bowl with 4 fluid ounces of ice cold water....O.K. check done that. In a saucepan put granulated sugar, liquid glucose....Wait WOAH! How much Glucose???? 350g?? Are you sure? Read it again...

Yep it sure does read 350g of liquid glucose.....Note to self: monitor childrens intake of said marshmallows or impending hyperactivity is the order of the day. O.K. done that. Add a pinch of salt...SALT??? Ummm ok if the recipe says salt lets stick with it... and 4 more fluid ounces of water (If its going in the saucepan to be heated im guessing it doesnt matter if its ice cold this time).

 

Heat for 4 mins with the lid on the pan...Oh hell now i have to find the lid.... Put the brakes on, i have to now get on my hands and knees and dig around in the back of my pots n pans cupboard to find the illusive pan lid...

 

Pan lid located!! At last!! (I actually thought i had thrown it away during one of my mad organisation moments).

 

O.K. so ive now heated the sugar mixture for 4 mins with the lid on, now what?? Bring to the boil with the lid off and using a sugar thermometer bring it to 240 degrees farenheight (I dont know how to type the degrees symbol, dont laugh).

 

Luckily i recently purchased a sugar themometer but for those of you who dont have one apparantly 8 mins on medium heat should be sufficient.

 

Fast forward to the moment I had been looking forward to like a child waiting for christmas (yes i am that sad). Time to add the sugar to the gelatine and watch it puff up and become all white and glossy and and and oh....its going to take 15 mins to get like that....anticlimax!!!

 

 

After whisking, setting dusting in cornflour and icing sugar mixed in equal parts the result is this:

I thoroughly enjoyed making these and i am sure we will all enjoy eating them, although im pretty certain that the eating will take significantly less time than the making!

 

Note: There simply is NO tidy way of making these, prepare yourself for residing within an ash cloud of icing sugar and corn flour and having your fingers stick to literally everything for an hour or two afterwards...

My recipe was again found in Stacie Stewarts book 'Stacie Bakes' Stand by for fun with Hokey Pokey!