Abenaki Pumpkin Candy
From chefmeow 16 years agoIngredients
- 2 pounds pumpkin shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup water shopping list
- juice and zest of 1 lemon (optional) shopping list
- 3 sprigs fresh cilantro shopping list
How to make it
- Peel and seed pumpkin and cut it into 2 x 4 inch strips.
- Stir baking soda into enough water to cover the strips.
- Add pumpkin strips and allow to soak 12 hours.
- Drain and rinse pumpkin in running water.
- Drop pumpkin strips into a pot of boiling water and cook until tender, but not soft.
- Remove the pumpkin strips and crisp in a bowl of ice cold water, then drain.
- Combine sugar with 1/2 cup water, lemon juice and cilantro in a saucepan.
- Heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved, then boil slowly, without stirring for 10 minutes.
- Add pumpkin strips, cover the pot, and simmer for about 20 minutes, until syrup is thick and strips are brittle.
- Spread candy out on a rack or on a wax paper-covered tray to dry for at least 10 hours.
- Roll in additional sugar if desired and store in an airtight container.
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