Chocolate Dragées

Name: Chocolate Dragées
Yield: Makes about 1.7 kg/3¾ lb
Ingredients: 500 g/1¼ lb/3⅓ cup whole almonds; 400 g/14 oz/2 cups caster (superfine) sugar; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup unsalted butter; 350 g/12 oz milk chocolate (minimum 40% cocoa solids); 350 g/12 oz milk chocolate (minimum 40% cocoa solids); 400 g/14 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate (minimum 55% cocoa solids); 400 g/14 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate (minimum 55% cocoa solids); icing (confectioners’) sugar, for dusting

Preparation info

Makes about
1.7
kg

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home-made Sweets & Candies

By Claire Ptak

Published 2022

About

Covered in layers of caramel, milk chocolate and dark chocolate, and finished with icing sugar, these little morsels are a balance of sweet, bitter, salty, crunchy and smooth. Almonds are the classic base for these confections, but if you want to vary the recipe, they are delicious made with hazelnuts or cashews instead.

Ingredients

500 g/1¼ lb/3⅓ cup whole almonds
400

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4.
Spread the almonds out in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment, and place in the oven to toast for 7 minutes. They should have a little colour and may begin to just crack open a little. Rem

Energy 8869kcal/37120kJ; Protein 153g; Carbohydrate 908g, of which sugars 891g; Fat 540g, of which saturates 540g; Cholesterol 220mg; Calcium 2150mg; Fibre 65g; Sodium 1400mg