Mrs Beeton's Homemade Sweetshop by Beeton, Isabella -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Contents Introduction What is sugar? Working with sugar Ingredients Equipment Storing sweets Boiled sweets and toffee

Spun sugar lollipops Sugar glass plate Barley sugar twists Bull’s eyes Acid lemon drops Mint candies Sherbet fruit drops Aniseed humbugs Edinburgh rock Rose candy canes Stripy St Clement’s lollipops Strawberry lollipops Dark treacle toffee Everton toffee Butterscotch Bonfire toffee apples Toffee popcorn clusters

Caramel and fudge

Soft salted caramel Caramel lollipops Hard caramels Black treacle caramels Salted caramels Chocolate caramels Coffee caramels Raspberry caramels Blackcurrant liquorice caramels Passionfruit caramels Scottish tablet Vanilla fudge Chocolate fudge Orange fudge Maple pecan fudge Hazelnut and raisin fudge Coconut cardamom fudge Muscovado rum fudge Whisky honey fudge Clotted cream and Bailey’s Irish fudge

Fruit

Frosted redcurrants Lemon Turkish delight Rhubarb and rose Turkish delight Striped gummy worms Spiced plum leather Mango, lime and cardamom leather Carrot and clementine balls Dried fruit ‘fudge’ Dried fig ‘salami’ Candied pineapple Bramble and apple candies Candied peel Candied orange slices Strawberry pastilles Spiced apple and cinnamon pastilles Rhubarb and elderflower pastilles

Nuts

Coconut and raspberry ice Stuffed medjool dates Chestnut brandy balls Honey sesame squares Pine nut sweets Chocolate brazils Almond chocolate honey hearts Hazelnut pralines Almond, citrus and chocolate layers Sugared almonds Turrón Orangines Almond or macadamia nut brittle

Chocolate

Chocolate honeycomb Fruit and nut clusters Chocolate gingers Chocolate mint crisps Silvered orange slices Simple chocolate truffles Rum truffles Vanilla cream truffles Pistachio truffles Cappuccino truffles Champagne truffles Crème de violette truffles Chocolate hazelnut salted caramels White chocolate and Kahlúa truffles White chocolate lemon truffles Chocolate marshmallow bars Marbled chocolate bars with chilli and gold

Fondant, nougat and marshmallows

Basic fondant Violet and rose creams Fresh strawberry fondants White chocolate ginger fondants Mint cream squares Chocolate dipped lime fondants Almond nougat Pistachio and fennel nougat Tropical nougat Lemon and marigold flower marshmallows Fresh raspberry marshmallows Passionfruit and pineapple marshmallows

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