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Rock Sugar

Prep
5 min
Bake
20 min
Total
25 min
Makes
1

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cups250 ggranulated sugar
  • 3 tbsp plus 2 tsp55 gwater
  • 2 tsp14 groyal icingsoft consistency. Royal icing is made of egg white and powdered sugar for piping decorations; it sets hard. In the US use royal icing made with egg white or meringue powder; in the UK, royal icing, or royal icing sugar mixed with water.

Method

  1. Cook the water & sugar in a pot to exactly 288°F (142°C).

  2. Take the pot off the heat right away & quickly stir in the royal icing.

  3. Pour the mixture into a container lined with parchment paper & let the sugar cool completely.

  4. Break it into pieces of whatever size you like.

From German Pastry Chef. Full recipe with photos: germanpastrychef.com/recipes/rock-sugar/