Caramelized Nuts

Preparation info
  • Makes

    30–40

    caramelized nuts
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Alice Medrich

Published 1990

  • About

Like sparkling amber jewels, these shiny caramel-clad nuts dress up my favorite nut tortes and layer cakes.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup sugar
  • Walnut halves, whole almonds, hazelnuts, or pecans individually skewered on 9-inch</

Method

  1. Ready a bowl of ice water and be sure to skewer the nuts before the caramel is cooked.
  2. Place sugar and ¼ cup water in the saucepan. Off heat, stir until sugar is completely moistened. (Do not stir again during the cooking; stirring creates air bubbles that may crystali