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Stretched Sugar
  • For : sugar decorations
  • Time : 45 minutes
  • Difficulty :  advanced

For this recipe, you need :

  • 2 g tartar cream
  • 50 g water
  • 1 kg sugar
  • 350 g water
  • 200 glucose
  • food ink optional

Technical Stages :

  • Dilute the tartar cream with 50 g water.
  • Cook the sugar with the leftover water on low heat in a copper sugar pot.
  • When boiling, Clean the sides with a wet brush.
  • Add the glucose and cook up to 156-160°C or 312/320°F.
  • Let it cool down to 130°C or 266°F and add the water + tartar cream mix.
  • Pour the sugar on a clean and slightly greased bench. Pull the rim of the sugar back towards the center, trying to prevent the formation of crystals through contact of a bench that is too cold.
  • Gloss the sugar 12 or 15 times, strectching it. It will make it blurrish.
  • The sugar is ready to work with. Keep it under a sugar lamp, to keep it malleable.
  • MASTERING STRETCHED SUGAR REQUIRES A LOT OF WORK AND PATIENCE BEFORE OBTAINING ANYTHING DECENT.
Thank you for following this recipe !

The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

Glucose syrupGlucose syrup 7.90 Euro
Electronic thermometer 1Electronic thermometer 1 22.10 Euro
Crème de tartreCrème de tartre 22.70 Euro
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