The Marshmallows are wonderful and a huge hit with the ladies monthly outing. I found the dried strawberries at my local Trader Joe's, the first batch had one oz of strawberries and tasted pretty good. The second batch I used 2 oz, and it was much better. I think the 6 oz may be too much for the recipe and too expensive. Word of caution, be careful of your honey selection, find a complementing honey flavor for this recipe. I used Tupelo Honey, it had a very strong honey flavor, until the second day when it started to mellow.
Strawberry Marshmallows
Dried strawberries give these fluffy treats a remarkably deep fruit flavor.
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Credit: Michael Kraus
INGREDIENTS:
Canola oil, for greasing1½ cups sugar
¾ cup light corn syrup
¼ cup honey
3 tbsp. unflavored powdered gelatin, softened in ½ cup cold water
½ tsp. red food coloring
6 oz. dried strawberries, minced
1/3 cup plus 1 tbsp. cornstarch
½ cup confectioners' sugar
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Grease an 8" x 8" baking pan, line bottom and sides with parchment paper, and grease paper. Grease a rubber spatula; set aside.2. Combine sugar, syrup, honey, and ½ cup water in a 2–qt. saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer; cook, without stirring, until syrup reaches 250° on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat; let cool to 220°.
3. Meanwhile, bring ½ cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Place bowl of gelatin over boiling water; whisk until gelatin becomes liquid. Transfer to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk; add food coloring. Add cooled sugar syrup to gelatin; whisk on high speed until mixture holds stiff peaks, 5–6 minutes. In a small bowl, toss together strawberries and 1 tbsp. cornstarch; add to marshmallow mixture; mix to incorporate. Pour mixture into prepared pan; smooth top with oiled spatula; let cool until set, 5–6 hours.
4. Combine remaining cornstarch and confectioners' sugar in a bowl and transfer to a strainer; dust work surface with mixture. Slide a knife around edge of pan to release marshmallows; remove from pan. Dust cornstarch mixture over top. Using a slicing knife dusted with cornstarch mixture, cut marshmallows into forty 1½" squares. Toss marshmallows with remaining cornstarch mixture.
Ratings & Reviews (4)
I agree with the other reviewer that 6 oz dried strawberries would be way too much! 2 oz (2 pgs of Trader Joe's dried strawberries) was perfect. Also, I measured and 3 Tbsp gelation = 4 envelopes (or 1- 1oz pack). Finally, and most importantly, don't turn the mixer on HIGH while pouring in the syrup as it will make a big ole' mess and lots of the syrup will simply end up on sides of bowl. Carefully, pour in syrup on LOW on the side of the bowl!
I finally had an opportunity to make these and they were wonderful! However, I don't let the mixture cool down and get fluffier marshmallows as a result. If you work with it at full temp, don't be stingy with the strawberries since the mixture will whip longer and have a bit more volume. I bought a 5 oz. bag from Trader Joe's and used only 4 oz. based on the two previous reviews. I was sorry I didn't use the entire bag. The candy will look better if each piece is flecked with fruit throughout. I added 2 tsp. of vanilla as it needed some other flavor profile in the background. I spread the mixture in a 9x13 jelly roll pan instead of an 8x8 square to make the candy easier cut.
I keep getting a black band to sign up for the newsletter right across the recipe...which makes it impossible to read the complete recipe. I subscribe to the magazine and to the darn newsletter, so give me break and remove that awful band,please.
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