What is "Turkish Delight"? It is listed as an ingredient in a Middle Eastern Ice Cream?

Question

Is it a fruit, perhaps? A candy of some sort?

Thanks.

Answer 1

The spice my Turkish friend uses is Cardamon...

and in the ice cream she put lots of candied fruit --- mostly cherries & dates----.  She loved buying Aplets & Colets if she couldn't find the "Turkish Delight" square candied jelly.  Whatever she used, they were dusted with powdered sugar.

    & she adds to the ice cream,,,NUTS,,,usually pine-nuts (because they needed to stay very crisp; she would have LOVED macadamia nuts.  I use them now in my Turkish delight...with the dates & cherries and it's a big HIT.

There is an intersting history of this sweet which dates back 230 years. One story is that a sultan had his cook create them for his harem because he "believed that the way to a woman’s heart was through her stomach"--- LOL

Answer 2

it is this jelly like sweet ( that I don't really like) coated with white icing sugar...

it is made from extract of fruits and jelly mixture( much like gummy bear but not as chewy) but really really sweet and it is cut in rather thick square cubes...

if you don't have Turkish delights ,,, you can replace it with gummy bears/ fish or fruit drops

Answer 3

it's candy

like little cubes of jelly..sometimes with nuts in it and usually flaboured with rosewater

Answer 4

Called rahat loukoum ("rest for the throat") in Turkey, this rubbery-textured candy is extremely popular throughout the Middle East. It's made from cornstarch or gelatin, sugar, honey and fruit juice or jelly, and is often tinted pink or green. Chopped almonds, pistachio nuts, pine nuts or hazelnuts are frequently added. Once the candy becomes firm, it is cut into small squares and coated with confectioners' sugar.

Answer 5

It is made out of the same thing as jelly bean's but without the hard outer shell.  And it has a poweder sugar coating. I have never heard of it being in any kind ice cream.

Answer 6

It's more like gummy candy:  Turkish Delight, lokum, or loukoum is a confection made from starch and sugar. It is often flavored with rosewater and lemon, the former giving it a characteristic pale pink color. It has a soft, jelly-like and sometimes sticky consistency, and is often packaged and eaten in small cubes that are dusted with sugar or copra to prevent sticking. Some types contain small nut pieces, usually pistachio, hazelnut or walnuts. Other common types include flavors such as cinnamon or mint.

Answer 7

Yep it's candy. though you might be hard pressed to find someone in a bathing suit serving food in turkey, terry;-) Cheers

Answer 8

It's lokum- candy.

Answer 9

its candy, cubes of hard jelly rose water flavored and spinkled with powdered sugar

Answer 10

It's when your severed by a Turkish woman wearing a bathing suit.. :-)

Answer 11

well I'm Turkish.. and really.. Turkish delight is a delightful sweet that can come in different shapes and sizes.. used in chocolate..ice cream..and even on its own as a jelly cube..

it is usually rose flavored..

that do taste good.. not all the time but with ice cream it should be ok..! =)