Nougat

INGREDIENTS

Photo and recipe credit: my sister

3 sheets rice paper
1 cup glucose syrup
2 cups sugar
½ cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 egg whites (beat till stiff)
75 g melted butter
1 and ½ cup roasted nuts of choice

METHOD

Grease a 19 x 29 cm pan and place a sheet or 2 of rice paper covering the entire bottom of the pan
Put the sugar, glucose, maple syrup and vanilla essence in a pot on low heat without boiling and stir till the sugar dissolves
Once sugar dissolves bring to boil without stirring for 6 minutes (crack stage)
Remove from heat and immediately pour this hot mixture onto the firmly beaten egg whites and beat for about 3 minutes until thick
Add the melted butter and beat for 1 minutes
Stir in the nuts and pour this mixture onto the rice paper in the pan and flatten with a palette knife or spatula cover with another sheet of rice paper (or more depending on the size of rice paper and your pan size)
Allow to set for about 6 hours
Slice with an oiled knife , wrap each nougat in cellophane like a pretty sweet and store in an airtight container

POSTED ON

04 Feb 2017

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