Tutti-fruitti Recipe
The colourful, flavorful tutti-fruities are always eye-catchers in bakery snacks. Let's make it at home.
Ingredients
- 500 gram Raw papaya
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 tsp fruit flavor extract
- 1 to 3 food colors
Instructions
- Peel off the papaya skin, clean and remove the inner seeds if any.
- Chop the raw papaya into very small pieces.
- In a pan add papaya pieces and water. Boil it for 5 minutes. It should be semi-cooked.
- Drain the water and set papaya pieces aside.
- In a pan, add 1/2 cup sugar and little water then bring it to boil.
- Then add semi-cooked papaya pieces and cook. Add another 1/2 cup sugar and let it cook until the sugar comes to 1-string consistency. That is, until a single thread is formed (without breaking) with sugar syrup when you pull apart forefinger and thumb finger gently.
- Drain the papaya pieces and split them into 3 to 4 bowls as per your need of colour or flavor.
- Add colors and flavors in each bowl and let it sit at least for 3 hours or leave it over-night for the flavors to get absorbed well.
- After that drain it in kitchen-tissue and let it dry for 12 hrs or until it is completely dry.
- Now tutti-fruity is ready and you can store it in refrigerator in air-tight container for months to use.
Notes
Tips:
- First, if the raw papaya gets cooked fully, it will become soft and you won't get crisp tutti-fruitti. To get it perfect, it should be drained when it is semi-cooked.
- For flavors, i added vanilla extract in 1 bowl and pineapple extract in another bowl. In remaining 2 bowls, I added food colours. When all of it gets mixed after they are dried out, you will get nice flavor.
- You can try your own choice of flavors and colors too.