Hazelnut Praline
A healthy sweet topping to complete your dessert
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Ready Time
22 mins
22 mins
Preparation
10 mins
10 mins
Cooking
12 mins
12 mins
Serves
4
22 mins
Ready Time
Ready Time
10 mins
Preparation
Preparation
12 mins
Cooking
Cooking
4
Serves
Serves
Ingredients
- 150g toasted hazelnuts
- 1 cup caster sugar
- ½ cup water
- Serve with ice cream and fruit
Method
- Place weighed sugar and water into a cleaned large pyrex bowl. Stir well to dissolve sugar. Wash down sides with a pastry brush dipped in water.
- Place inside The Quick Touch Crisp microwave. Turn AMOUNT dial to 1 cup. Press START to begin cooking.
- The microwave will beep and flash “stir/ turn food”, remove bowl from microwave with oven-proof mitts and stir any undissolved sugar. Wash down sides with a pastry brush dipped in water to remove any sugar crystals clinging to the sides of the bowl.
- Return to microwave and press START to continue cooking. DO NOT STIR SUGAR SYRUP DURING THIS PHASE OF COOKING OR AFTER COOKING.
- Once cooking has finished, open door and check that the caramel colour. To achieve a good MEDIUM caramel, add the following approximate 2–3 minutes. Stop and check every 30 secs - 1 minute after specified time program time.
- Always remove caramel when it is close to your desired colour as the caramel will continue to cook with carry over heat once it has stopped being heated.
- Once cooking has finished, carefully remove HOT bowl from microwave using an ovenproof mitt. Pour onto prepared tray, making sure to cover the hazelnuts evenly.
- Cool completely and break into large shards, serve with ice cream and fruit.
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Comments
You are not at all clear on how to prepare the nuts or when to add them. Do you just pour the toffee over them on a tray? if so how big a tray? how deep?