CRYSTALLINE WALNUT HALVES

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Real and Healthy Chinese Cooking
By: Nicholas Zhou

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Ingredients

  • Directions:
  • 8 8 8 perfect walnut halves
  • 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 3 3 tablespoons water
  • 2 2 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
  • ●Put the sugar, water, and corn syrup in a small, heavy saucepan with a silver- coloured interior (so you can watch the mixture darkening as it carmelizes).
  • to to medium-high heat, stir several times to dissolve the sugar, then bring the mixture to a boil without stirring.
  • to to to spear the walnut halves with a toothpick and dunk them into the hot caramel, swirling the nut on the pick to coat it evenly. Remove to lightly greased wax paper or parchment paper to cool. Repeat until all the nuts are glazed.
  • to the nuts are thoroughly cool, transfer them to a wax paper or parchment paper-lined airtight tin.

Preparation

Step 1

Left at room temperature, they will keep up to one week.