Homemade Fluffy Marshmallows

Name: Homemade Fluffy Marshmallows
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 36 portions
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 25 g · 3 tbsp powdered gelatin; 120 ml · ½ cup cold water, for the gelatin; 400 g · 2 cups sugar; 160 g · ½ cup invert sugar or light corn syrup; 120 ml · ½ cup water, for the syrup; 1 g · ¼ tsp salt; 10 ml · 2 tsp vanilla extract; 60 g · ½ cup powdered sugar and cornstarch, half and half, for dusting

🍽 Serves 36⏱ Prep 30 min🔥 Cook 10 min⏳ Rest 240 min🌍 French

Fluffy vanilla marshmallows with gelatin and invert sugar, cut into squares.

📍 France

The story of the dish

Ancient Egyptians sweetened marsh-mallow plant sap with honey; 19th-century French confectioners whipped it into guimauve, later made with gelatin.

The name: Named after the marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis).

Ingredients

Ingredient	EUg · ml	UScups · spoons
powdered gelatin	≈ 25 g	≈ 3 tbsp
cold water for the gelatin	≈ 120 ml	≈ ½ cup
sugar	≈ 400 g	≈ 2 cups
invert sugar or light corn syrup	≈ 160 g	≈ ½ cup
water for the syrup	≈ 120 ml	≈ ½ cup
salt	≈ 1 g	≈ ¼ tsp
vanilla extract	≈ 10 ml	≈ 2 tsp
powdered sugar and cornstarch half and half, for dusting	≈ 60 g	≈ ½ cup

≈ amount suggested from similar recipes

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Also used: candy thermometer · 20 cm square tin · oiled spatula

Method

Bloom the gelatin in the cold water in a mixer bowl.
Boil sugar, invert sugar, water and salt to 115°C (240°F).
With the mixer on low, pour the hot syrup onto the gelatin.
Whip on high 10 to 12 minutes until thick, white and tripled; add vanilla.
Spread in a 20 cm dusted tin and leave 4 hours or overnight.
Cut into squares and toss in the dusting mixture.

🌡️ Syrup 115°C (240°F)

👨‍🍳 Chef’s tips

Invert sugar keeps them soft and stops crystals forming.

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Nutrition per portion estimate · 1 of 36

60kcal

1 gprotein

15 gcarbs

0 gfat

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