[Sca-cooks] rice crispie (tm) treat analog--period

[David Friedman]

>I recently made some variation on rice crispie 
>treats... i hate marshmallows and eschew corn 
>syrup, unless absolutely necessary. And being a 
>cosmic organic sort i bought

(From the Miscellany)

Barad
al-Baghdadi 211/13

Take best white flour, made into a dough, and 
leave to rise. Put a basin on the fire, with some 
sesame-oil. When boiling, take in a reticulated 
ladle some of the dough, and shake it into the 
oil, so that as each drop of the dough falls in, 
it sets. As each piece is cooked, remove with 
another ladle to drain off the oil. Take honey as 
required, mix with rose water, and put over the 
fire to boil to a consistency: then take off, and 
while still in the basin, whip until white. Throw 
in the barad, and place out on a soft-oiled 
surface, pressing in the shape of the mould. Then 
cut into pieces, and serve.

1/2 c white flour	1/2 t dried yeast + 2 t water	1/2 c honey
1/2 c water	     or 1/4 c sourdough	1 T rose water
	about 1 1/4 c sesame oil

Make the flour and water into a smooth batter. 
Mix yeast and water, wait about 10 minutes, then 
add to the flour-water mixture.  Let stand 2-3 
hours (12-18 hours if your are using sourdough 
instead of the yeast/water mixture). Heat 1 c of 
the sesame oil to about 300° in a large frying 
pan. Pour the batter through a ladle or skimmer 
with small holes in it, so as to form small balls 
in the hot oil. Cook to a pale brown (1-3 
minutes), take out, drain on paper towel. Add 
more sesame oil when it gets low.

Mix rose water and honey, cook to 250°. Pay close 
attention-you want it almost but not quite 
boiling over. As it cools, whip it; it eventually 
takes a sort of whipped butter consistency, with 
a light color. Mix it with the fried dough, press 
down on an oiled plate, press down from above 
with another plate or a spatula. Chill before 
serving.

It has some tendency to come out a bit oily; you 
may want to use paper towels during the pressing 
to absorb as much of the surplus oil as possible.
----
The first time we made these my squire Dain, part 
way through the process, told us that he knew 
what they were--rice krispie treats.

-- 
David/Cariadoc
www.daviddfriedman.com