Juniper toffees
Makes 40 toffees
Easy
Total time:
+ cooling
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
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- 10 juniper berries
- 1 clove
- 1 green cardamom pod
- 120g whipping cream
- 100g caster sugar
- 50g dark muscovado sugar
- 90g golden syrup
- 90g black treacle
- 65g evaporated milk
- 65g butter
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal54
- fat2.7g
- saturates1.7g
- carbs7.2g
- sugars7.1g
- protein0.2g
- salt0.1g
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.
