Many recipes include corn syrup. It is commonly used in homemade sweets to keep treats from becoming sugared, and is also added to dough to keep homemade baked goods from getting stale for a long time. However, housewives do not always manage to find a scarce ingredient in stores. There are ways to make corn syrup at home, as well as recipes for imitating it.
It is necessary
- Corn syrup:
- - fresh corn cobs (3 pcs.);
- - water (1.5 l);
- - table salt (2 teaspoons);
- - granulated sugar (1 kg);
- - freshly squeezed lemon juice (3 tablespoons);
- - vanillin (10 g).
- Simulated corn syrup:
- - granulated sugar (200 g);
- - water (80 ml);
- - citric acid (0.5 teaspoon);
- - baking soda on the tip of a knife.
Instructions
Step 1
Peel the corncobs and cut them into circles a couple of centimeters thick. Put the chopped food in an enamel pan with cold water, bring to a boil, then boil them over low heat for 1-1.5 hours. Remember to stir the contents of the pot from time to time. Half of the liquid in the dish should boil over.
Step 2
Remove the cobs, strain the corn broth through a fine sieve and transfer to a clean saucepan. Add granulated sugar, table salt and vanillin to the liquid, then mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Blanch fresh lemon in boiling water for three minutes, then roll it, pressing firmly against the table surface with your hand. Make a deep longitudinal cut on one side of the fruit and squeeze the required amount of fresh juice into the corn broth.
Step 3
Place the container with the resulting mixture on the stove and make a small fire on it. Cooking corn syrup should be at least one and a half to two, and sometimes up to three hours. Before removing the pot from the stove, it is necessary to check the readiness of the substance. To do this, put a small amount of sweet mass in a spoon and pour it back into the dish in a thin stream - it should be heavy, thick, pouring with a continuous ribbon. Externally, corn syrup resembles molasses or linden honey.
Step 4
Make an imitation of a confectionery product - invert syrup. Thanks to its properties, it will perfectly replace corn and will allow you to significantly reduce the time for cooking the product. First, stir granulated sugar and citric acid in water, then put a saucepan with the resulting mixture on fire and bring to a boil.
Step 5
Boil the syrup, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Turn off the stove and let the contents cool slightly. Then dilute the baking soda with a little cool boiled water and add it to the syrup. Stir the substance until it stops foaming.
