Spiced, Candied Nuts - was, Re: SC - (no subject)
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Fri Dec 15 06:46:25 PST 2000
Jenne Heise wrote:
>
> > not too time consuming
> > using a mixture of walnuts and almonds
>
> There's one in _The Medieval Kitchen_ by Redon, I don't remember who did
> it, which calls for boiling your honey, adding spices and quickly cooking
> the nuts in it, then spread them on a sheet with your hands (or a
> spatula). I found it relatively quick to do.
That would be nucato, essentially an ancestor of praline? I think it
comes from one of the more obscure Italian MS sources.
Adamantius
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