Nut brittle

Ingredients

• 2 cups of granulated sugar
• ¼ cup of water
• 1 tsp of vanilla essence
• 1/4 cup of corn syrup or fruit sugar (fructose)
• A pinch of cream of tartar is optional
• 1 cup mixed nuts almonds, pistachios, pecans, peanuts (or you can use a cup of any one variety of nuts)

Method

Step 1

Toast the nuts on a low flame for around 5 minutes, this helps to release the oils and flavours to come out from the nuts.

Step 2

Take a saucepan first place in ¼ cup of water and then put granulated sugar to prevent the direct contact of sugar with the base of pan. Now add in a pinch of cream of tartar and let the sugar bubble, add in corn syrup or granulated fruit sugar.Brush the sides with water to prevent crystallization let it cook on a medium flame till the colour changes to golden and add vanilla essence. Remove it from heat and pour it over a parchment paper and let it cool.

Step 3

Sprinkle toasted peanuts, pistachios, pecan nuts, almonds .The brittle will get hard in a minute or two, if doesn’t set it means the sugar has not been cooked. Start caramelization of sugar again.

Step 4

If you caramalize the sugar for a long time it will turn dark and bitter and it doesn’t taste good, the colour should be light golden ,light orange tone.