INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Candied nuts and grape juice, "soutzouki", is an ancient candy recipe
still being used in the villages of Greece. 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.  You can make
this recipe in a simpler way without having to stamp on the grapes
with bare feet.  In a large deep pot bring juice and honey or sugar to
a vigorous  boil. Add pectin and boil 5 minutes. Dissolve citric acid
first in a  tablespoon of hot syrup, then add to the rest of the syrup,
mixing it  in. Add nuts. Dissolve cornstarch in cold water and mix into
syrup,  stirring quickly. Cook 1 minutes more. Ladle thick mixture on
to  heavy waxed paper. Make a long thick roll. Pick up two sides of
paper  and press together to make a fat sausage of candy.  Let set at
room  temperature. Store in plastic bag. Slice as needed.  From: "The
Complete Greek Cookbook" by Theresa Karas Yianilos, Avenel  Books, New
York.  Typed for you by Karen Mintzias  From Gemini's MASSIVE
MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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