Making Durian Pastillas

Making Durian Pastillas

Materials

1. 7 kg durian pilp (approx. 1,000 pilps of native variety or 3 kg chance variety)

2. 200 g powdered milk

3. 400 g white sugar

4. 400 g glucose

5. 0.5 g sodium benzoate (0.05%)

6. 0.5 g sodium metabisulfite (0.05%)

Procedure

1. select and buy sound durian fruits.

2. then extract the pilp from the fruit and remove the seeds.

3. mix all the ingredients

4. then cook the mixture until it is thick enough to be formed into balls . then cool.

5. transfer the cooked pastillas to a board sprinkled with sugar and roll to about 1/4 cm thick

6. then slice into desired size and shape

7. finally wrap individually in cellophane

Yield

16 packs (500 g pack) for native variety


18 packs (50 g pack for chance variety)

Variation

blending of 20% native variety and 80% chance variety.