Description
Easy and Quick Lemon Pâte de Fruit Recipe. Homemade lemon jelly candies with a delightful lemon flavor, soft and tangy, perfect as a gourmet Christmas gift.
Ingredients
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Main Ingredients:
- 250 ml fresh lemon juice
- Zest of 5 lemons
- 100 g granulated sugar (for pectin)
- 200 g granulated sugar (for cooking)
- 100 g glucose syrup
- 7 g yellow pectin
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Sanding sugar for coating
Instructions
- Prepare the Frame: Line a small 14 cm frame with plastic wrap or use silicone molds.
- Mix Pectin and Sugar: Combine 100 g granulated sugar with yellow pectin.
- Heat Lemon Mixture: In a saucepan, heat lemon juice, zest, and glucose syrup.
- Add Pectin-Sugar Mixture: Gradually add pectin-sugar mix to the warm lemon mixture.
- Boil with Sugar: Gradually add remaining 200 g sugar in batches and bring to a boil.
- Reach 107°C: Cook until the mixture reaches 107°C, then add lemon juice.
- Fill Molds: Quickly pour mixture into prepared frame or molds.
- Set: Let it set overnight or for at least 2 hours.
- Coat with Sugar: Roll the candies in granulated or sanding sugar.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 jelly candy
- Calories: 60
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg