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Pralines

Source of Recipe


Saveur



List of Ingredients



• 2-1/3 cups light brown cane sugar
  
• 1 cup heavy cream
  
• 1/4 tsp salt
  
• 2 cups shelled pecan halves
  






Instructions



1. Line a clean work surface with a 4-foot length of parchment paper. Put sugar, cream, and salt in a 3-quart heavy-bottomed saucepan. Stir mixture over medium heat until sugar dissolves, then allow it to come to a boil without stirring. It will now take 15 to 20 minutes to finish cooking the pralines.
   
   
2. The sugar syrup will foam up with large bubbles, but these will soon subside. Cook syrup until it reaches the soft-ball stage, 238°F on a candy thermometer. (Or drop about 1/2 teaspoon syrup into a small bowl of cold water; it should form a teardrop-shaped ball at the bottom of the bowl. Roll the ball between your fingers; if it holds together in a soft ball, the syrup is ready to remove from the heat.)
   
   
3. Remove syrup from heat, add pecans, and stir briskly for 1 minute. Working quickly, drop mixture, 1 heaping tablespoon at a time, onto parchment paper. Allow to cool completely, then remove from paper.
   
   Makes about 24