Glace au Fondant

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Hows and Whys of French Cooking

By Alma Lach

Published 1974

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Ingredients

  • cups sugar
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 1 tablespoon

Method

  1. Put sugar, water, and syrup into heavy pan. Stir-cook until starting to boil. Stop stirring. Cook to about 238 degrees, or to a firm-soft-ball stage. Wrap wet paper towel around a fork and use to keep sides of pan wiped free of sugar crystals as the syrup cooks.
  2. When syrup is done, pour onto a dampened marble slab, porcelain table or cooky sheet. Let cool unt