PISTACHIO BRITTLE WITH ICE CREAM

By gaster16

Ingredients

• Vegetable oil cooking spray, for baking sheet
• 1/2 cup shelled raw unsalted pistachios, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• Mango or vanilla ice cream

Preparation

Step 1

Coat a 13 x 17 inch rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray. Sift pistachios using a fine sieve to remove dust and fine pieces. Heat sugar and water in a heavy saucepan over medium high heat, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon and washing sides of pan often with a wet pastry brush to prevent crystals from forming until dark golden, about 9 minutes.

Stir in pistachios, and immediately pour mixture onto baking sheet. Distribute pistachios evenly using a rubber spatula. Let stand until hardened about 15 minutes.

Lightly bang baking sheet on a counter to break brittle into pieces. Serve with ice cream.