
Making Candied Strawberries Without Corn Syrup
Tanghulu recipe without corn syrup is even more tasty and easy to make. If corn syrup is not available in local stores near your city, then no worries, use honey as a substitute.
What does honey do?
- It gives a delicious flavor to caramelized strawberries.
- It precludes crystallization.
- It makes sugary strawberries shiny and glossy.
Key Ingredients You Need to Prepare Delicious Tanghulu Recipe
- Sugar, water, or your chosen fruit.
- You can go for grapes, berries, apples, kiwi, and orange slices. I recommend strawberries.
- Corn syrup or honey are also used.
The essential purpose of using corn syrup or honey is to prevent the crystallization of sugar syrup to stick well to fruits.
Tanghulu Recipe
Equipment
- Candy thermometer or instant-read thermometer
- Toothpicks, bamboo skewers, or lollipop sticks
- A Square baking sheet
- Parchment paper or silicone baking mat
Materials
- 2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup honey
- 20 fresh strawberries
Instructions
- Wash and pat dry strawberries with a kitchen towel. There must be no moisture on the strawberries' surface because sugar syrups would not stock to moist strawberries.
Use fresh strawberries for best results
- Insert bamboo skewers or toothpicks into the stem of strawberries. You can also use lollipop sticks. You can also cut the stem if you want. Put 4 strawberries in each skewer. Do not overcrowd.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Pour sugar, water, honey into a saucepan. Do not stir; swirl the pan only. Let it boil on medium flame until sugar melts completely. It will take 15 minutes.
- Insert a candy thermometer or instant-read thermometer and heat until it reaches to300F. Turn off the heat.
Why Must You Try This Recipe
- This tasty candy strawberry is super easy and looks perfect on one bowl of almond cake.
- you can make flawless candied fruit without a candy thermometer.
- Honey makes this recipe perfect and mouth-licking.
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