Grape nut roll (soutzouki) Recipe

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Grape nut roll (soutzouki)

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Ingredients:

6	oz	Frozen grape juice, undiluted
1/2	cup	Sugar or honey
1	small	Box pectin jell
		Citric acid (pea-sized), OR
1		-Lemon, juice only, instead
1/2	cup	Whole walnuts
3	tbsp	Cornstarch
1/4	cup	Cold water

Procedures:

1	Candied nuts and grape juice, "soutzouki", is an ancient candy recipe still being used in the villages of greece.
2	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.
3	You can make this recipe in a simpler way without having to stamp on the grapes with bare feet.
4	In a large deep pot bring juice and honey or sugar to a vigorous boil.
5	Add pectin and boil 5 minutes.
6	Dissolve citric acid first in a tablespoon of hot syrup, then add to the rest of the syrup, mixing it in. add nuts.
7	Dissolve cornstarch in cold water and mix into syrup, stirring quickly.
8	Cook 1 minutes more.
9	Ladle thick mixture on to heavy waxed paper.
10	Make a long thick roll.
11	Pick up two sides of paper and press together to make a fat sausage of candy.
12	Let set at room temperature.
13	Store in plastic bag.
14	Slice as needed