Has anyone done any work with isomalt to look like stained glass etc.? Kinda curious about this medium.
Thanks,
Lori
I've worked with it to make sugar beer bottles when the air is really humid. Works great and you can sub it for sugar in a recipe. Dries hard and can be colored like sugar.
I would think to color it you would add color to it just like hard candy-I think you use oil colors that you can purchase online by Americolor.
i haven't worked with poured sugar, but I've down blown and pulled sugar and I have used powdered coloring and luster and petal dusts to color my sugar after it was cooked.
I have wrinkled foil, then smoothed the foil and greased the foil with peanut oil, then layed a church window stencil on the foil. (I made the stencil from a sheet of silicone) Then poured hot colored isomalt into the stencil. It makes a very realistic-looking church window. Directions are in "Cooked Sugar Art" book.
Does any body know the recipe for ice cubes using isomalt? I would like to know the proportions.
Thanks, Celia
Does any body know the recipe for ice cubes using isomalt? I would like to know the proportions.
Thanks, Celia
You just melt straight isomalt.
Thank you Tiggy 2 I just wanted to know if you have to use the same proportions that you use when working with sugar" 1/2 cup of sugar 1/2 cup of corn syrup.
celiamoya, have you made your poured sugar ice cubes yet?
I'm planning to work with some poured sugar soon so I hope yours turned out. Any tips?
I saw cake boss make a diamond ring the other night with isomalt it looked perfect. I would love to try the recipe too.
Hi leannewinslow,
I did the beer bottles with sugar candy. I made the mold with silicon and then made them with sugar candy. They came up amazing. I used 1/2 cup of regular sugar and 1/2 cup of light corn syrup (equal amount of the ingredients). I cooked in the microwave for about 8 minutes 2 to 3 minutes at the time. With the same recipe you can make the ice cubes, the only problem is that using regular sugar they come up yellow. I hope it helps!
Celia
Ok I've got tons of experience with isomalt. You need to add 10 percent water and cook the isomalt to 340 degrees. for best result let it cool to 285 before pouring it out. You should add water soluble colors after the mixture reaches 275. Unlike cookinf sugar you don't need to take much care while cooking becuase the isomalt will not crystallize. Just stir it in the beging of the process untill all the isomalt is melted and then just let it cook. If you need any more help let me know.
Paul
Ok I've got tons of experience with isomalt. You need to add 10 percent water and cook the isomalt to 340 degrees. for best result let it cool to 285 before pouring it out. You should add water soluble colors after the mixture reaches 275. Unlike cookinf sugar you don't need to take much care while cooking becuase the isomalt will not crystallize. Just stir it in the beging of the process untill all the isomalt is melted and then just let it cook. If you need any more help let me know.
Paul
Will the isomalt stay clear if cooked to 340 degrees or will it turn yellow?
OT (kinda) what temp is best for blown bubbles? to cook it to and what stage to blow them?
The isomalt will not technically caramelize. It will be crystal clear especially if poured out onto vinyl sheets. The isomalt will eventual color but well over 400 degree . I forget the actual temp at the moment . Here is a link to the vinyl I'm talking about
http://www.pastryprofilesstore.com/category_s/31.htm
Paul
So just what is the recipe for isomalt? Do you follow derections when you buy the stuff? Thanks
So just what is the recipe for isomalt? Do you follow derections when you buy the stuff? Thanks
I bought a bag and no instructions so I will have to research for that as well...
not sure why????? May have to look up the company on line..
found a link http://www.globalsugarart.com/?id=21
My bag of Isomalt says (pretty generically, actually) just to heat it on high until there are no crystals left, remove from heat and let set a minute until all the bubbles are gone, then to pour onto silpat or whatever. Specifically says not to add anything to it.
In addition, I have one more question.
I'm going to be using Isomalt to make the windows on a gingerbread house I'm building. I plan to lay the pieces on a Silpat and pour the melted Isomalt into the window holes and let it set. My question is, how long does it set until I can lift and move the pieces? Until it's cool to touch or hard are a rock or what? TIA
Trust me on this I teach Sugar work at Culinary School and have lots of experience using isomalt in competitions and for showpieces. You need to add ten percent water and cook the isomalt to 340 degrees. Dip the pan in cold water for a few seconds to slow the cooking preocess. let it cool to about 268 and then pour.It should set up fairly quickly depending on the height you pour it. It will set like a lollipop and be hard like that when it is cooled.
I all ready did it with no water or anything. It's all good. Thanks for your offer of help though
I added the water. Made bubbles/globes/spheres/balls/whateveryouwannacallem. All of them were disintegrated by morning...puddles of goo.
Any tips on using it for blown spheres? What would cause that to happen? I've not experienced that effect with sugar sugar even in humid weather.
I tried making "jewels" with jolly ranchers for princess crown cookies. When setting them in the frosting, they got gooey and ruined the cookies. I bought some isomalt and am going to try it soon. Can anyone tell me if the isomalt jewels will also "melt" in the humid frosting? I also live in Florida, so the humidity is definately a concern.
Thanks.
AI cant find any brown isomalt and I wanted to make brown beer bottles could I use clear isomalt and paint it with luster dust or food colouring or something ?
Tasmin -
I used isomalt to make jewels for a cake and just added regular Americolor Soft Gel Paste coloring after it got up to the right temp. Just make sure you drop the color in and let it "sizzle" a few seconds before stirring it in to evaporate any extra liquid in the food coloring.
I just add the food coloring in at the beginning before I start cooking it. I also add it afterward if need be, I usually make a bunch of clear isomalt up at once then just color it as needed.
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