SC - Need help with "Compost"

[Kerri Canepa]

Hauviette wrote:

>I had problems getting my confits to be large. I used aniseed, coriander, 
>ginger. but it must have taken a lifetime of dipping in the sugar syrup to 
>get them much bigger than their original size. 
>Anyone have any input here?

A lifetime is about right!  :-)  The recipe I used (Dawson?) mentions coating them
many times (10??) and that there were varying conditions.  Ragged ones are irregular
in size and shape, probably what most of us get.  IIRC, modern candied seeds (such as
the ones in Indian restaurants) get up to 30 coatings, and they're still pretty tiny.
It is a laborious and time-consuming job to make them oneself.  I don't believe they
ever get terribly big, but the only way is to keep adding layer by layer and letting
them dry in between times.

Alys Katharine

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