How to make marshmallow at home
Products
Apples - 1.5 kilograms
Water - 1/5 cup
Peeled walnuts - half a glass
Honey - 1 tablespoon
Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon
How to cook marshmallow
1. Wash apples, cut out spoiled places.
2. Cut each apple in half, cut out the core, the stalk and the spoiled areas.
3. Cut each half of the apple into 5-6 slices.
4. Pour 1/5 cup of water (about 60 milliliters) into a cauldron or saucepan with thick walls, put the apples and put on fire.
5. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook the apples for 20 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon or spatula.
6. Use a pusher or blender to grind the apples in a saucepan.
7. Chop walnuts and add to apples, add honey, mix thoroughly.
8. Simmer the applesauce and nuts for another 20 minutes with constant stirring.
9. Preheat the baking sheet to 110 degrees.
10. Line a baking tray or baking dish with baking material (either paper or a silicone mat) and brush with oil.
11. Lay out and level the apple mixture so that the thickness of the mixture does not exceed 5 millimeters.
12. Place the candy pan on the middle level of the oven. You can replace the oven with a fruit and vegetable dryer.
13. Bake the marshmallow for 6-7 hours with the oven door ajar.
14. Put the pastila from the baking sheet, cut into any shape and arrange in the jars.
Fusofacts
- For the preparation of marshmallows, apples are usually used that are not suitable for other dishes - preserves and marmalades. In particular, overripe and stale soft fruits are suitable for marshmallow.- To taste, apples can be peeled before cooking the marshmallow.
- When preparing marshmallows, you can add half a glass of dried berries or any nuts.
- You can also experiment with the color of the marshmallow, adding fresh berries to the apples at the beginning of cooking.
- Pastila is considered cooked when the apple mass acquires the consistency of a thick jam.
- If a sour variety of apples is used in the preparation of marshmallows, you can add a little sugar to the apples during cooking, for each kilogram of apples 1 tablespoon of sugar. It should be borne in mind that the finished product will cease to be dietary.
- If juicy apples are used, you do not need to add water to boil the apples.
- To peel off tightly adhered baking paper from the marshmallow, it is necessary to moisten it abundantly with water several times.
- The pastille is completely ready when it acquires a dense consistency, does not leave wet traces.
- Before serving, it is recommended to sprinkle the marshmallow with powdered sugar.
- You can dry the marshmallow in the sun - then you need to hang the layer in a sunny place and leave it for 5-7 days.