Peanut Brittle Recipe Bbc
Add the smooth warmth of lyle s golden syrup and keep stirring over the heat until the sugar melts.
Peanut brittle recipe bbc. Drizzle with dark chocolate and candy corn or crunch it up and sprinkle on a candied apple for a halloween treat these are a gluten free dessert and a pleasant alternative to holiday cookies. I use a digital candy thermometer for accuracy. If you d like to try making your own candy this easy peanut brittle recipe is a perfect place to start.
Peanuts are actually a member of the pea family and aren t true nuts as they have to be dug out of the soil to be harvested. Shake the pan gently until the sugar starts to form small clumps. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
It must reach 300 degrees f. Put the sugar butter salt and 4 tbsp water into a smooth bottomed frying pan and heat gently stirring until the sugar dissolves. Break brittle into pieces.
While brittle is the term for any combination of sugar and water that s heated to the hard crack stage and cooled it s the addition of salty peanuts that makes this homemade peanut brittle recipe so addictively delicious. Also known as groundnuts the pods develop after the pollinated flower. Take your nerves of steel and pour the sugar into a saucepan and pop onto a low heat.
Brittle can be stored in an airtight container up to 2 weeks. It also causes the sugar base around the peanuts to be opaque. I ve made it several times.
Keep stirring all the time until the butter melts. Put the sugar in a pan and place over a low heat. Lightly butter a lipped baking tray and spread the almonds over it in a thin even layer.