1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin
1 tablespoon corn syrup
Put water in a saucepan. Sprinkle gelatin over the water. Let gelatin soak for about 5 minutes, until it starts to look foamy. Add corn syrup. Heat mixture over low heat, stirring slowly, until gelatin has dissolved and mixture is clear. Pour into bowl containing confectioners' sugar. Mix together until you can no longer mix; there will be quite a bit of sugar left in the bowl. Dump mix out onto confectioners' sugar dusted work surface (counter top, tabletop, etc). Knead until the mix no longer sticks to your hands.
Store resulting paste in a plastic bag, with all the air pressed out of it. This paste dries quickly, so keep any part you're not using covered. This mix makes very strong sugar pieces, but they can also be very brittle.
Another recipe for a similar paste calls for 1 tablespoon gum tragacanth instead of the gelatin and corn syrup. You should be able to substitute gelatin and corn syrup for gum tragacanth in any recipe.
Verciu viena, kuriame nera to gum tra.......
Apie 4 puodelius cukraus pudros
¼ puodelio vandens
1 valgomasis saukstas zelatinos beskones
1 valgomasis saukstas kukuruzu sirupo
I puoda supilti vandeni, suberti zelatina. Leisti isbrinkti (apie 5 minutes). Supilti kukuruzu sirupa. Kaitinti ant mazos ugnies letai pamaisant, kol zelatina istirps. Suberti cukraus pudra. Maisyti kol imanoma. Isversti mase ant cukraus pudra pabarstyto stalo ir minkyti kol nebelips prie ranku...
Raso, kad bet kuriam recepte ta gum tra.... galima pakeisti zelatina+kukuruzu sirupu
