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Making nougat
Preparation info
- Makes about
1
kg - Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
By Claire Ptak
Published 2022
Nougat gets its distinctive texture from the mixture of sugar, water and glucose or corn syrup. It is slightly different in every country so no two recipes are exactly the same. Here is a basic recipe, to which you can add different nuts or fruits.
Ingredients
- grapeseed or groundnut (peanut) oil, for greasing
- rice paper
375 g 13
Method
- First line a cake tin (pan) with edible rice paper. Put the egg whites into the bowl of an electric mixer (preferably on a stand), whip them to stiff peaks and leave them to rest.
- Combine the sugar, glucose syrup and water in a pan. Cook until the mixture reaches 138°C/280°F. Warm the honey in a separate pan until it is just boiling, then add it to the sugar sy