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Edinburgh rock
Traditional Scottish crumbly sugar confection in a lemon-flavoured yellow form.
About Edinburgh rock
Edinburgh rock is a traditional Scottish confection from Edinburgh, distinct from hard seaside rock. This profile selects the source's lemon-flavoured yellow variation of the classic sugar, water and cream-of-tartar candy.
Its flavour is clean and intensely sweet, with a bright lemon aroma and faint acidity from cream of tartar. The simple syrup base keeps the finish light rather than buttery or caramelised.
The confection is cut into pale-yellow sticks with a dry, softly dusty surface. Inside it is porous, brittle and unusually crumbly, breaking down more readily than ordinary hard rock candy.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
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Ingredients in Edinburgh rock
Lemon Edinburgh Rock.
- Caster sugarPrimary candy structure
- WaterCandy-syrup liquid
- Cream of tartarAcid and crystallisation control
- Lemon flavouringLemon aroma
- Yellow food colouringTraditional colourIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Caster sugar:
- Water:
- Cream of tartar:
- Lemon flavouring: . The source does not name a brand or provide the flavouring's complete carrier formula.
- Yellow food colouring: . The source does not name a colourant or brand, so no exact ingredient route or formula is asserted.
Origins & food traditions
Food.com supplies the complete Edinburgh rock recipe selected here and explicitly gives lemon flavouring with yellow colouring as one of its fixed variations. The reference article independently identifies Edinburgh rock as a traditional Scottish confection from Edinburgh made from sugar, water, cream of tartar, colourings and flavourings, formed into sticks with a soft crumbly texture.
Countries
- United Kingdom
Cuisines & regions
- Scottish Cuisine
- British Cuisine
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