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Harry Potter; Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans

Bryt

Ingredients
  

  • cornflour/starch to dust the molds. It may be silicone but cornflour makes it easier to pop out
  • your flavours see above
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • 1/5 tbsp gelatin powder
  • 1/2 cup cornflour
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • fondant homemade or store bought
  • colouring

Instructions
 

  • Prep your workspace. You're making 12 flavours, so pull out 12 bowls, place the flavouring and colour next to each, along with a wooden stick for stirring (easier to throw out after), and small metal spoons for scooping.
  • In a large saucepan with a heavy base, stir together the sugar and 1 cup water over low heat until the sugar is dissolved.
  • Once dissolved, increase the heat to medium and place in a sugar thermometer.
  • Note: from here, do not stir.
  • Cook until it comes to a boil and reduce the heat to the lower end of medium heat.
  • Cook until the temperature reached 125C/255F (this will take ~20-30 minutes. Slowly is good!)
  • While the sugar is boiling, in another saucepan, whisk together gelatin, cornflour, cream of tartar and 1 cup water. Cook over medium heat until it comes to a boil and thickens.
  • Once the sugar mixture has reached 125C/255F, pour the sugar syrup into the gelatin mixture.
  • Over low heat, stir until well combined.
  • Next, pour the mixture evenly between each of the 12 bowls. Add a few drops of colouring and flavour to each bowl and give it a good stir until it's combined. If it starts to become too gummy, pop it into the microwave for 10 seconds.
  • Once they're all mixed with the colour and flavours, set them aside.
  • Now for the time consuming bit. Take your fondant, split it into 12 pieces, and with each piece, knead in a colour that will match a flavour.
  • Next take one flavour, its fondant, the jelly bean mold and cornstarch.
  • Dust the jelly bean mold with the cornstarch.
  • Place half the fondant in a small glass container and microwave 10 seconds at a time until liquid. Pour into the molds. Try to swirl it or tip it upside down over the bowl so it just creates a casing, so there is space for the jelly bean centre.
  • There's two ways of filling the centre. melt in microwave and pour. Or tear a small piece of the jelly bean and press into mold.
  • Go through the fondant melting process again with the fondant left over to coat the top of the jelly bean.
  • Pop into freezer for ~3 minutes to cool and harden, before popping out and storing in an air tight container.
  • Repeat the process for the other flavours.
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