I’m an MFA student, with few culinary skills, and I have been trying to create edible sugar arrows that will not melt when on display. Currently they can’t even be in contact with the air/humidity in my studio for less than ten minutes without getting sticky and adhering themselves to my table.
The bit of research I have done talked about a lack of humidity, which is difficult as I live in Florida and do most of my cooking either in my studio or in the shop (surprisingly the shop has much more temperature/humidity control).
I just started reading about isomalt last night, but am still unsure if that’s going to solve my problem?
The current recipe I have been using is:
(which works really great for my sugar caltrops, which I want to melt)
3 ¾ cup granulated sugar
1 ½ cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
A professor said that perhaps there was some sort of “fibrous” ingredient I could add that might keep it from melting? In a different conversation he had jokingly mentioned adding in some arrowroot and now I’m seriously considering it; even though I have no idea what it would do to my sugar, lol.
Maybe what I’m hoping to accomplish isn’t even possible?
But any advice would be greatly appreciated; even if the advice is that I'm waisting my time, lol.
The bit of research I have done talked about a lack of humidity, which is difficult as I live in Florida and do most of my cooking either in my studio or in the shop (surprisingly the shop has much more temperature/humidity control).
I just started reading about isomalt last night, but am still unsure if that’s going to solve my problem?
The current recipe I have been using is:
(which works really great for my sugar caltrops, which I want to melt)
3 ¾ cup granulated sugar
1 ½ cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
A professor said that perhaps there was some sort of “fibrous” ingredient I could add that might keep it from melting? In a different conversation he had jokingly mentioned adding in some arrowroot and now I’m seriously considering it; even though I have no idea what it would do to my sugar, lol.
Maybe what I’m hoping to accomplish isn’t even possible?
But any advice would be greatly appreciated; even if the advice is that I'm waisting my time, lol.
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