Brittle (food)
Type | Confectionery |
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Main ingredients | Sugar, nuts, water, butter |
Brittle is a type of
Types
It has many variations around the world, such as
Preparation
Traditionally, a mixture of sugar and water is heated to the hard crack stage corresponding to a temperature of approximately 146 to 154 °C (295 to 309 °F), although some recipes also call for ingredients such as glucose and salt in the first step.[11] Nuts are mixed with the caramelized sugar. At this point spices, leavening agents, and often peanut butter or butter are added. The hot candy is poured out onto a flat surface for cooling, traditionally a granite, a marble slab or a baking sheet. The hot candy may be troweled to uniform thickness. When the brittle is cool enough to handle, it is broken into pieces.[12] It is also rare to break the brittle into equal pieces.
Nougatine
Nougatine is a similar confection to brittle, but made of sliced almonds instead of whole peanuts, which are embedded in clear caramel.[13]
See also
- Almond Roca
- Caramel
- Chikki
- Churchkhela
- Florentine biscuit
- Frankfurter Kranz
- Gajak
- Gozinaki
- Dalgona
- Ka'í Ladrillo
- List of peanut dishes
- Nougat
- Pé-de-moleque (in Brazil)
- Praliné
- Toffee
- Turrón (in Spain)
References
- ISBN 9781250011190. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ISBN 978-1558324350.
- ^ Lisa Abend (2011). The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adrià's elBulli. Simon and Schuster. p. 82.
- ^ "El origen de la palabra Palanqueta y La Fiesta del Maíz". December 21, 2015.
- ISBN 9786214200870.
- ^ "Peanut or Cheena Badam is popular outdoor leisure snack food in Bangladesh". January 11, 2011.
- ISBN 978-0803260146. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
brittle pistachios middle east.
- ^ Leela Punyaratabandhu (April 12, 2011). "Goddesses and peanut brittle: This year, celebrate Songkran in supernatural style". CNN. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ^ Chu, Anita. Field Guide to Candy: How to Identify and Make Virtually Every Candy Imaginable. Philadelphia: Quirk, 2009.
- The Food Timeline.
- ^ "Peanut Brittle Recipe *Video Recipe*". Joyofbaking.com.
- ISBN 9781416564126. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- OCLC 944179855.
External links
- Media related to Seed brittles at Wikimedia Commons