Chewy Nut Candy Bars
(0 votes)
(0 votes)
Difficulty:
advanced
Difficulty
Preparation:
50 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
650
- Ingredients
- 1.333 cups roughly chopped almonds
- ¾ cup skinned, whole Hazelnuts
- ¾ cup skinned Pistachio
- 1 cup chopped dried cherry
- 1 cup clear honey
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup caster sugar (scant)
- 3 Tbsps light corn syrup
- 2 Tbsps water
Preparation
Kitchen utensils
1 Cutting board, 1 Kitchen scale, 1 Teaspoon, 1 Mixing bowl, 1 Wooden spoon, 1 Small knife, 1 Tablespoon, 1 Rolling pin, 3 Baking sheets, 1 Parchment paper, 1 Cookie cutter (Tannenbaum; 6,5 cm groß), 3 große Wire racks, 1 Small pot, 1 Large knife, 1 Bowl aus Metall, 1 kleiner Freezer bag, 1 Kitchen shears, 1 Hand mixer
Preparation steps
1.
Heat the oven to 200°C (180° fan) 400°F gas 6. Line a Swiss roll tin with rice paper.
2.
Put the nuts on a large ovenproof plate or baking tin and toast in the oven for about 5 minutes until lightly golden. Set aside to cool.
3.
Heat the honey in a large wide pan and bring to a boil. Cook steadily until a little of the mixture dropped into chilled water can be formed into a soft ball between your finger and thumb;115°C | 240°F on a sugar thermometer.
4.
Whisk the egg whites with an electric whisk until firm peaks form and pour over the hot honey, whisking constantly. Continue whisking for 5-8 minutes until thick and cooled. Whisk in the vanilla.
5.
Put the sugar, syrup and water into a wide pan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil and cook steadily until the mixture forms a hard crack when dropped into chilled water;148°C|285°F on a sugar thermometer. Remove from the heat and leave until the mixture has stopped bubbling.
6.
Pour the hot sugar mixture onto the egg white mixture, whisking constantly until very thick and shiny. Stir in the nuts and cherries.
7.
Spoon into the rice paper lined tin and spread flat. Cover with more rice paper and press down gently to level the surface. Leave at room temperature to cool and set. Cut into bars when cold.
