Toffee

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  • 113 grams almonds roasted and chopped
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • pinch of salt
  • 110 grams white sugar
  • 22 grams brown sugar
  • 70 grams bittersweet chocolate
  • vanilla extract (about a teaspoon)
  • 1/8 teaspoon baking soda

Directions

  • Note: before you start, measure out the baking soda and vanilla, so that you can immediately put it in. Also, break the chocolate up into small pieces before starting to cook.
  1. Line a pan with foil (does not need to be non stick).
  1. Spread a thin layer with about 1/2 of the chopped nuts on the foil.
  1. In a small pot, combined: water, butter, sugars, salt and stir. Remove from heat when it reaches 300 degrees. You can add a pinch of salt.
  1. Immediately add the vanilla and the baking soda. Stir. 
  1. Pour the mixture atop the layer of nuts. Flatten. You can add a pinch of salt (or not).
  1. Put the chocolate atop. This should be done immediately, so that the mixture is hot and melts the chocolate.
  1. Add the remaining nuts evenly.
  1. Let harden. Takes 1-2 hours depending upon temperature in kitchen.

Via David Lebovitz

39. Toffee

  • 113 grams almonds roasted and chopped
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • pinch of salt
  • 110 grams white sugar
  • 22 grams brown sugar
  • 70 grams bittersweet chocolate
  • vanilla extract (about a teaspoon)
  • 1/8 teaspoon baking soda

Directions

  • Note: before you start, measure out the baking soda and vanilla, so that you can immediately put it in. Also, break the chocolate up into small pieces before starting to cook.
  1. Line a pan with foil (does not need to be non stick).
  1. Spread a thin layer with about 1/2 of the chopped nuts on the foil.
  1. In a small pot, combined: water, butter, sugars, salt and stir. Remove from heat when it reaches 300 degrees. You can add a pinch of salt.
  1. Immediately add the vanilla and the baking soda. Stir. 
  1. Pour the mixture atop the layer of nuts. Flatten. You can add a pinch of salt (or not).
  1. Put the chocolate atop. This should be done immediately, so that the mixture is hot and melts the chocolate.
  1. Add the remaining nuts evenly.
  1. Let harden. Takes 1-2 hours depending upon temperature in kitchen.

Via David Lebovitz