Aplets And Cotlets

Name: Aplets And Cotlets
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons gelatin, unflavored; 3 cups apple juice or unsweetened apricot juice; 113 cups sugar; 2 tablespoons lemon juice or more as needed; 2 tablespoons lime juice or more as needed; 23 cup cornstarch; 2 cups walnuts chopped; 1 cup powdered sugar

8 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

3 tablespoons gelatin, unflavored
3 cups apple juice or unsweetened apricot juice
113 cups sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice or more as needed
2 tablespoons lime juice or more as needed
23 cup cornstarch
2 cups walnuts chopped
1 cup powdered sugar

Directions

1

Makes about 64 small cubes
2

Soften the gelatin in 1/2 cup of the apple juice.
3

Boil remaining juice with the sugar for 15 minutes to concentrate it.
4

Mix the lemon and lime juice, and add all but 1/4 cup cornstarch to dissolve it in the mixture.
5

Add both gelatin mixture and cornstarch mixture to the boiled juice and boil again rapidly for 10 minutes until very thick, stirring constantly.
6

Taste for sweet and sour and add more lemon juice if wanted.
7

Mix in the walnuts and pour mixture into a 9-by-9-by-2-inch baking pan that has been dipped in cold water.
8

Let paste harden 12 hours or overnight, then cut with a sharp knife into squares.
9

Mix together the reserved 1/4 cup cornstarch and powdered sugar.
10

Remove squares with a spatula and roll each in the powdered sugar mixture (the cornstarch helps keep the sugar dry).