Nougat With Almonds, Pistachios and Hazelnuts

As we get ready for the upcoming Christmas season I decided this week to share with you all a delicious nougat recipe that will sure to awake your taste buds. Here, the recipe of black nougat with almonds, pistachios and hazelnuts.

Ingredients:

• 280 grams of sugar
• 220 grams of flower honey
• 250 gr of hazelnuts, almonds and pistachios natures

Preparation/directions:

1. In a pan fry the almonds, hazelnuts and pistachios.
2. In a saucepan (heavy bottom), add the sugar, honey and a tablespoon of water.
3. Heat until the caramel color and texture is at a temperature that reaches 141/142 ° c (285,8/287,6°F).
4. Add nuts and mix.
5. Pour into a lined with a double thickness of paper nougat (edible paper) mold
6. Settle and cool in a good weight
7. Before the nougat is completely cold cut it, because after that it will be much harder…
8. Enjoy!
9. Bon appetit!

Side tips:

What is great about the nougat is that it can be broken in a thousand and one flavors. You can vary the pleasures by putting a type of nougat filling and not a mixture of three or testing with other products, for example pecans, dried fruit or even citrus zest. Also remember to vary the types of honeys.

If you do not like the built-in hard nougat, you can add white whipped egg whites into the direction before step 4. Beware of splash!

Side wine and food pairing:

• Champagne Blanc Brut (sparkling)
• Cadillac (sweet white)
• Icewine VQA Lincoln Lakeshore VQA (sweet white)
• Mead (sweet white)
• Sparkling Wine come from Napa (sparkling)
• Crémant de Loire (sparkling)
• Coteaux de Saumur (sweet white)
• White Port
• Muscat de Beaumes
• …

Bon appétit and enjoy the tasting!