Mastic

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Mastic... It's a cooking ingredient for which there are often questions and that causes some fear and concern for those who haven't worked! Now, the culinary industry offers many options of ready-made product for sale. But almost every housewife asks about cooking it at home! For home cooking of mastic there are a few recipes... some of them here on the website is. And I want to offer to review a recipe that I use (not marshmallow and not whipped). After tests and experiments on different recipes I settled on this version. Nothing complicated... Worth a try and the fear of the word "mastic" You will pass!

Ingredients for Mastic

Step by step instruction of cooking Mastic

Шаг 1

Gelatin fill with cold water.

Шаг 2

Waiting for swell

Шаг 3

Meanwhile, in a bowl sift the icing sugar (usually takes 200 grams, but it is better to have more in stock approximately 50 g). Make a deepening in the middle

Шаг 4

To the gelatin add the honey and citric acid.

Шаг 5

Melt in a water bath or in the microwave. For the first time, better in a water bath to melt, so it is more convenient to control the process was! It is important not to bring the mixture to a boil! If you decide to use the microwave, warm up for 5 seconds until dissolved.

Шаг 6

Then pour our gelatin and honey in the icing sugar.

Шаг 7

Start kneading the putty with a spoon.

Шаг 8

When the liquid fragments have already absorbed some amount of powdered sugar you can continue kneading with your hand.

Шаг 9

Very quickly, the mastic starts to become plastic! After a few minutes you can see it acquires the structure of clay.

Шаг 10

After blend 150 g icing sugar, mastic and soft like a soft yeast dough. Continue to mix it with the sugar.

Шаг 11

Mastic absorbed 200 g icing sugar feels about like the dumpling dough. Put it either in a package (clean and dry) or zamatyvaem in plastic wrap.

Шаг 12

Wrapped paste is sent in a container with a sealed lid. And forget about it for 3-4 hours at room temperature!

Шаг 13

After the specified time, you can start to work with fondant! If it needs to be toned, tear off required amount of putty, put the dye and mix up.

Шаг 14

To keep the dye better than wearing gloves! As hands painted as fast as mastic and then can not give the desired shade if you want to create the paste several colors. You can also make figures out of white putty and then carefully paint them with a drop of dye diluted with vodka or alcohol and a very fine brush.

Шаг 15

This mastic is very convenient for almost all types of jewelry... It is possible to create figurines using molds.