Praline is a popular French dessert prepared in the form of small chocolates made from nuts fried in sugar. This delicacy is named after the French confectioner Plessis-Pralina, who invented a dessert of grated almonds mixed with candied honey, small pieces of chocolate, and filled with burnt sugar. Today, the praline nuts are used to make a variety of fillings, desserts, cake decorations and cakes. Let's look at the recipe for praline.
The recipe for walnut praline
Ingredients:
- honey - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- sugar light brown - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- walnuts - 0,5 items;
- ghee - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- salt - pinch.
Preparation
How to cook praline at home? So, first melt the honey on low heat, add crushed walnuts, brown sugar, a pinch of salt and melted butter into it. All thoroughly mixed until a homogeneous mass is formed and spread out with a uniform thin layer on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Then, send the dessert to the preheated oven, and bake at a temperature of 180 degrees for 10 minutes, until the sugar and honey is melted and turned into caramel.
We take the baking tray from the oven and mix the nuts with a spatula so that the caramel evenly covers them. Next, return the pan back to the oven and bake for 3 more minutes. At the end of time praline should acquire a distinct nutty smell and a rich golden brown color. Now gently take the dessert from the oven and let it cool.
The cooled mass is broken into small pieces with the help of a knife or hands. Also, the dessert can be preformed into individual sweets, and leave to cool in this form. Praline is best all at once, but you can also freeze it in a container.
An excellent topping for your desserts and a great addition to evening tea will also be nougat and confiture , the taste of which will not leave anyone indifferent.