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Nutty brittle

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Nutty old nuts in toffee

(Makes enough)

340g (12oz) Unsalted, uncooked peanuts and cashews
170g (6oz) Sugar
170g (6oz) Golden syrup
60ml (2fl oz) Water
3 tbsp Butter
2 tsp Vanilla extract
1 tsp Baking powder

  1. Butter a baking tray
  2. Take a heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt the sugar, syrup, water, and butter, and then bring to a gentle boil over a medium heat, stirring all the while
  3. Boil like this for a few minutes, and then cook over a gentle heat, stirring occasionally until the mixture reaches about 115°C, or soft-ball stage
  4. Add the peanuts
  5. Keeping the pan on a gentle heat and stirring constantly, heat the sugar to 150°C, or hard-crack stage
  6. Remove the pan from heat and stir in the vanilla and baking powder, keeping the mixture moving, until light and foamy
  7. Now tip the whole load onto the baking tray and spread it out with some cutlery (it’s incredibly hot at this stage), pat it down and into the shape you so desire
  8. When this is done, put the tray into a fridge, or leave to cool and its own pace
  9. To serve; break into pieces and eat with vanilla ice cream, or on its own

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Soft-cracking

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Brittle


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Comments

Jonny of Jonny's leftovers
Jonny of Jonny's leftovers - 7th December 2009, 12:49am

You MUST try this!

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