Acid Jellies November 11. 2006

Acid Jellies, or at least that's what Alton Brown calls them, were a little project I took on the other night. It took a total of 5 hours to make them. I thought they turned out great and so did the people at my office. My roommate says they tasted like pig tendons. Never having eaten pig tendons I just picked another one from the bowl and enjoyed it's sweet lemon and limeyness. I did make one mistake in that the zest of the lemon and lime were too big and they became chewy in the candy but fortunately they all floated to the top of the candy so one could just bite off the yummy goodness underneath and throw away the zests. mmmmm candy!
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David  Saturday, November 11. 2006 @ 09:16
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why didn't you include the recipe?

for zest, i used to do it the hard way, but i got one of those microplanes and have been happy ever since...a good small shaving and they're fast, fast, fast.
#1 lou on 2006-11-13 07:59 (Reply)
Here is the formula :-)

Acid Jellies
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown
See this recipe on air Friday Oct. 27 at 11:00 PM ET/PT.
1 1/4 cups water
8 envelopes gelatin
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 tablespoons grated lime zest
2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
Non-stick spray, for greasing pan

In small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup of water, gelatin, lime juice, and lemon juice. Set aside.

In heavy small saucepan, place over medium heat, combine remaining 3/4 cup of water and 1 cup sugar and stir until sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil, cover and cook for 3 minutes. Remove lid and place candy thermometer on side of pan and cook until it reaches 300 degrees F. Remove from heat, add to gelatin mixture,
return pan to low heat and stir constantly in order to dissolve gelatin completely. Add lemon and lime zest and stir to combine. Pour mixture into greased 8-inch by 8-inch pan and cool to room
temperature. Do not refrigerate.

Once cooled, cut into cubes and toss to coat in the remaining sugar. Store in airtight container for up to 4 days.
#1.1 David (Homepage) on 2006-11-17 11:19 (Reply)

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