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Almond Candy Slice

Course Candy Making
Cuisine French
Prep Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 2 cup almonds whole, roughly chopped
  • 1 1/4 cup pistachio roughly chopped
  • 1 1/3 cup dried cherries roughly chopped
  • 2 1/3 cups honey
  • 1/4 cup egg white
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 7/8 cup corn syrup or golden syrup
  • sugar for the work surface
  • 7 oz bittersweet chocolate 60% cocoa, roughly chopped

Instructions

  • Toast the almonds and pistachios in a dry skillet and let cool.
  • Heat the honey to a temperature of 128C (measure with a sugar thermometer).
  • Beat the egg whites until forming stiff peaks.
  • Pour the hot honey onto the beaten egg whites and mix thoroughly.
  • Boil the sugar and glucose syrup in 1/2 cup of water until 146C is reached (measure with a sugar thermometer), pour onto the honey-egg mixture, and combine thoroughly.
  • Now add the nuts and cherries and mix well.
  • Tip the mixture onto a sugared work surface and knead thoroughly. Shape into a long rectangular slab.
  • Melt the chocolate over simmering water, let cool slightly and use to coat the nougat slab. Leave to set, cut into slices and serve.