Edinburgh Rock

by Christine
(Edinburgh)

Edinburgh Rock is a well-loved and traditional Scottish sweet (candy), but it really isn't too hard to make.

Ingredients

1 lb sugar
Quarter pt water
Quarter tsp cream of tartar
Yellow and Green food colouring
Peppermint and lemon essence

Method

• Heat the water in a heavy pot.
  
• Dissolve all the sugar gently.
  
• Bring the mixture almost to the boil
  
• Add in the cream of tartar.
  
• Boil until the mixture has reached 250F (or until a teaspoon of the mixture can form a hard ball when it is dropped into a cup of cold water).
  
• Divine the mixture into 2 heatproof bowls.
  
• In one bowl add the green colouring and peppermint essence.
  
• In the other bowl, add the yellow colouring and lemon essence.
  
• Mix both bowls well.
  
• Take 2 greased baking trays and put the separate mixtures into the 2 trays.
  
• As the mixtures start to cool, turn the edges towards the centre using a greased knife.
  
• When the mixtures are cool enough, roll into a sausage shape about half an inch in diameter.,
  
• Cut into shorter pieces.
  
• Put all the picesd on non-stick baking paper.
  
• Leave for 24 hours.