Candied Nuts
Source of Recipe
TOH BB - Todd Wilbur, Top Secret Recipes
Recipe Introduction
The streets of New York City are peppered with Nuts 4 Nuts vendors selling freshly candied nuts that you can smell a block away. For a buck or two you get your choice of warm sugar-coated peanuts, cashews, or almonds wrapped up in a little paper bag with the corners twisted closed. The nuts are candied right there on the carts in a large metal bowl over a heating element.
The recipe works best in a pan that isn't non-stick, and the nuts must be raw. The oil added to the roasted nuts prevents the sugar from crystallizing.
List of Ingredients
2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups nuts (not roasted) Recipe
Bring 2 tablespoons water and 1/4 cup sugar to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
When the sugar has dissolved, add the nuts. Stir occasionally to coat the nuts. At about the 2-minute mark, stir vigorously. In about a minute, the water will evaporate and the sugar will crystallize on the nuts. Turn off heat immediately when all of the sugar has crystallized on the nuts, but keep stirring. The sugar should begin to caramelize and turn light brown on the nuts. Pour nuts onto a plate to cool.
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