Peanut Sesame Brittle Candy Recipe
Peanut sesame brittle candy is a common snack during Lunar New Year. These addicting peanut sesame brittle are easy to make with just a few inexpensive ingredients.
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Equipment
- 1 baking tray (20 x 30) cm
Ingredients
Ingredients 1:
- 300 g raw peanut without skin
- 60 g white sesame
- 30 g puffed rice
Ingredients 2:
- 200 g fine granulated sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 175 g maltose
- 4 tbsp water
- ½ tsp baking soda
Makes: 20 x 30cm rectangle
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 170°C, place the raw peanut in single layer inside a baking tray and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Set aside to cool.
- Toast white sesame in a dry pan using medium or medium-low heat until golden brown. Cooking time is about 6-7 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Roughly chop the cooled peanut.
- Prepare a 20x30cm baking tray, lined with non-stick baking paper. Coat the rice scoop with thin layer of oil.
- Fill a bowl with 1 cup of cold water, this is used to check the sugar syrup stage without using a thermometer. You may skip this process and use a thermometer for a more accurate result.
- Mix together granulated sugar, salt, maltose and water. Bring the mixture to boil and turn down the heat to low.
- Boil the sugar syrup to between 150°C-160°C, the sugar syrup becomes thicker with darker color and you can almost smell a very mild caramel fragrance. At this stage, big bubbles in sugar syrup will be significantly less.
- Drop a small amount of molten syrup into the bowl of cold water; the molten syrup will harden immediately as it hit the cold water. The brittle sugar snaps and breaks apart easily when you try to bend it. If it is still pliable, continue cooking, do not overcook as it will turn bitter.
- Mix in baking soda and stir, the mixture will turn foamy.
- Mix in chopped peanut, turn off the heat and mix in half of the sesame seeds followed by puffed rice. Do not pour in all dry ingredients at once as the candy will cool down too fast and begin to harden. Add in the ingredients separately and work fast before the candy cools.
- Pour the candy immediately onto a baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper. Sprinkle the rest of the sesame seeds and roll out the peanut candy with a rolling pin.
- Cut into shape while the candy is still warm.
- Allow peanut sesame brittle candy to cool completely and separate into pieces, store in an airtight container or sealed bag.
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Notes
This recipe yields 700 g of peanut brittle divided into 20 servings.
The nutritional value for reference is for 35 g of brittle.
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories: 166kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 5gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 119mgPotassium: 133mgFiber: 2gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 8IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 2mg
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