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Grape nut roll (soutzouki)
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Ingredients:
| 6
| oz | Frozen grape juice, undiluted | | 1/2
| cup | Sugar or honey | | 1
| small | Box pectin jell | | | Citric acid (pea-sized), *OR* | | 1
| | -Lemon, juice only, instead | | 1/2
| cup | Whole walnuts | | 3
| tbsp | Cornstarch | | 1/4
| cup | Cold water |
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Procedures:
| 1 | Candied nuts and grape juice, "soutzouki", is an ancient candy recipe still being used in the villages of greece. | | 2 | The traditional recipe is quite involved, calling for the stringing of walnuts like beads on linen thread, boiling many pounds of grapes into a thick syrup and coating the nuts by pouring the thick syrup over them just as if you were making candies until a purple necklace is formed. | | 3 | You can make this recipe in a simpler way without having to stamp on the grapes with bare feet. | | 4 | In a large deep pot bring juice and honey or sugar to a vigorous boil. | | 5 | Add pectin and boil 5 minutes. | | 6 | Dissolve citric acid first in a tablespoon of hot syrup, then add to the rest of the syrup, mixing it in. add nuts. | | 7 | Dissolve cornstarch in cold water and mix into syrup, stirring quickly. | | 8 | Cook 1 minutes more. | | 9 | Ladle thick mixture on to heavy waxed paper. | | 10 | Make a long thick roll. | | 11 | Pick up two sides of paper and press together to make a fat sausage of candy. | | 12 | Let set at room temperature. | | 13 | Store in plastic bag. | | 14 | Slice as needed |
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