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Juniper toffees

Name: Juniper toffees
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: juniper berries 10; clove 1; green cardamom pod 1; whipping cream 120g; caster sugar 100g; dark muscovado sugar 50g; golden syrup 90g; black treacle 90g; evaporated milk 65g; butter 65g

30 minutes + cooling
Makes 40 toffees
Easy

Check out these indulgent juniper toffees. These sweet treats come from new Hackney restaurant, Nest. They are served as petits fours at the end of the meal and can be infused with a variety of flavours – here we have gone for subtle spices of juniper, clove and cardamom

Published: May 25, 2018 at 2:17 pm

Ingredients

juniper berries 10
clove 1
green cardamom pod 1
whipping cream 120g
caster sugar 100g
dark muscovado sugar 50g
golden syrup 90g
black treacle 90g
evaporated milk 65g
butter 65g

Method

Step 1

Toast the spices in a dry pan until fragrant, then pour in the cream. Heat on high until the first simmering bubbles appear, then turn off. Pour into a blender and whizz to break up the spices, then pour through a sieve.
Step 2

Put the remaining ingredients into a pan with the infused cream over a medium heat. Cook, stirring regularly, until the mix reaches 120C on a sugar thermometer. Pour onto a baking-paper-lined 20cm x 20cm tray and leave to cool for 4 hours or until set, then cut into squares or circles.