Ready Time: 22 mins
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 12 mins
Serves: 4
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.