Does anyone have any recipes using the Greek spice Mastic? Pistaccia spp.

Just got hold of some and keen to try it.
J

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> Does anyone have any recipes using the Greek spice Mastic? Pistaccia spp.
>
> Just got hold of some and keen to try it.

There is a recipe using mastic in _Soup for the Qan_, which is a very
old Chinese cookbook. Mastic appears in medieval Islamic cooking--for
instance in Buraniya, Tuffahiya, Naranjiya and Madira, all of which can
be found in the webbed recipes from the _Miscellany_ (a book my wife and
I self-publish) at:

http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Mediev...sc9recipes.pdf

Use mastic in very small quantities.

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jonathan.west1 wrote:

> Does anyone have any recipes using the Greek spice Mastic? Pistaccia spp.
>
> Just got hold of some and keen to try it.

A quick search came up with a couple recipes using mastic:
<http://tinyurl.com/27qks>

Check a confection in English called "Turkish Delight." Also called
(by different spellings because it's transliterated) loukoum, lukoum,
rakkat loukoum, rahat loukoum...

<http://www.recipecottage.com/candy/turkish-delight13.html>
<http://www.recipegoldmine.com/glossary/glossaryM.html>
<http://www.low-carb-recipes.ws/Halkoum_Turkish_Delight_.html>
<http://home.wanadoo.nl/ml.kauwgom/history.htm>

Gotta go now, but this has been interesting. Happy mastic...

Pastorio