Chewy Pine Nut Bites
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Difficulty:
advanced
Difficulty
Preparation:
40 min.
Preparation
ready in 5 h. 40 min.
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Ingredients
for
50
- Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups toasted Pine nuts
- 1 ½ cups cream (48% fat)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- ¼ cup honey
- 3 Tbsps unsalted butter
- ½ tsp salt
Preparation steps
1.
Line a 20cm|8" square baking tin with non-stick baking paper and butter the paper. Sprinkle the nuts on the base.
2.
Heat the cream and vanilla in a pan to a simmer. Reduce the heat to very low and keep hot.
3.
Heat the sugar and honey in a large heavy-based pan, stirring occasionally until the sugar has dissolved and just starting to boil.
4.
Boil steadily without stirring, until a little of the mixture forms a hard crack when dropped into chilled water;150°C|300°F on a sugar thermometer.
5.
Add the butter and salt, then slowly stir in the warm cream. The mixture will bubble furiously.
6.
Continue to cook, stirring, until a little of the mixture can be rolled into a firm ball between your finger and thumb when dropped into cold water; 120°C|250°F on a sugar thermometer.
7.
Remove from the heat and pour the hot caramel into the tin, keeping the pan moving back and forth as you pour, so that the nuts don’t float. Leave to set for at least 5 hours.
8.
Turn the caramel out and remove the paper. Cut the caramel into squares with a sharp knife.
