I really love the Smitten Kitchen website. It’s a beautifully photographed cooking blog that always makes me hungry and inspired to cook. While I was poking around on the site the other day, I came across this recipe for Sugar and Spice Candied Nuts.
I had all of the ingredients on hand so I knew I had to make these. I used 100% almonds instead of a mix though.
I did something wrong though. Instead of following directions and coating the nuts with egg white, I coated them with a bit of melted earth balance vegan margarine. This was not a great substitution, as my coating did not stick to the nuts well at all. I ended up putting them in a skillet over medium heat to melt the sugar a bit, so that it would coat the nuts. It ended up coating unevenly, and my result wasn’t that beautiful, but was delicious!
I am not complaining at all though, these came out really delicious- a bit smokey, sweet, and spicy. My *edits* to the recipe resulted in a bit of brittle-like coating on the nuts, so they were a bit crispy and I broke them into shards. They smell amazing.
The best way to serve these (besides straight from the container, of course) is in a salad made with romaine, carrots, dried cranberries, red bell peppers, avocado and blue cheese. I dressed the salad simply with lemon vinaigrette.
JB,
I’ll have to try this! Even though our taste buds can only sense sweet, salty, sour and bitter I know this recipe can shock them into sensing “smokey”!
How did you break the nuts into shards without making a paste or butter out of them?
BP
- “Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, you start with the corner pieces and fill in the sky last.”
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