Belgian · Desserts

Cuberdons

Small cone-shaped sweets with a hard shell and a soft fruit syrup centre, made from a gum arabic and sugar mix that dries for a day.

1 hr 20 min prep and cooking plus 28 hr Dissolving the gum and drying the sweets 29 hr 20 min start to finish Serves 40 servings Hard
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Cuberdons

Photograph credit: 6 cuberdons by DimiTalen · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

What to Put on the Table With Cuberdons

  • Tea
  • Coffee
  • Gift box

Making Cuberdons, Step by Step

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  1. Stir the gum arabic into the water, cover and leave for 4 hours until dissolved. Warm very gently if lumps remain.

  2. Boil the sugar with 100 ml water to 105°C / 221°F. Cool for 10 minutes and stir into the gum with the raspberry syrup and lemon juice.

  3. Fill a deep tray with the cornflour, level it and press small cone shapes into it, 3 cm apart.

  4. Pour the mixture carefully into the impressions.

  5. Leave in a warm, dry room for 24 hours until a skin forms.

  6. Lift out, brush off the cornflour and roll in the sugar.

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Worth Knowing Before You Cook

Never boil the gum arabic.

Make the cornflour impressions clean and deep.

Dry the sweets in a warm, dry room.

Keeping What's Left

Keeps for 1 week in an airtight box in a dry place.

Common Questions

How long does Cuberdons take to make?

20 minutes of preparation and 1 hour of cooking, plus 28 hours of Dissolving the gum and drying the sweets, so allow 29 hours 20 minutes from start to finish. The recipe serves 40.

Cuberdons Nutrition Facts

Per serving, an approximate calculation from the ingredient list. Treat it as a rough guide: part of the energy comes from foods, or weights per item, with no recorded source. How the figures are worked out.

88Calories
0gProtein
22gCarbs
0gFat
2gFibre
9gSugar
5mgSodium

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