Toffee at home: video recipe
Delicious sticky toffee is a favorite sweet for gourmets of all ages. You can make these candies yourself at home. They will turn out to be softer and softer than store-bought ones. In addition, by adding almonds, chocolate or lemon during the cooking process, you can get original versions of a pulling delicacy in just a few minutes.
A simple recipe for toffee with almonds
To make butterscotch at home, you will need the following ingredients: – 1 glass of sugar; – 100 grams of butter; – 100 grams of almonds; – 2 tsp water; – a pinch of salt.
You can use a regular chocolate stand as toffee molds.
Combine sugar, salt, butter and water in a small saucepan. Place the mixture on a low heat and simmer, stirring constantly, for about 5 minutes. After that, add finely chopped almonds and cook for another 5 minutes, until the mixture acquires a delicate golden hue.
Pour the resulting mixture into small molds and let it cool and harden. To speed up the setting process, you can place the molds in the refrigerator. Ready-made creamy toffee with toasted almond flavor will be appreciated by both children and adults.
How to make homemade toffee with chocolate: recipe
To make toffee with chocolate, you will need: – 150 grams of 33% fat cream; – 200 grams of sugar; – 25 grams of dark chocolate; – a pinch of vanilla; – 10 grams of gelatin; – 40 grams of butter.
Optionally, you can also add ground nuts to the toffee recipe. Delightful aroma and taste will add delicacy and cinnamon
Dissolve the gelatin in 1/2 cup cold water. Leave it to swell for 30-40 minutes. Then heat the gelatin until it dissolves completely. Remove the solution from heat, strain it through cheesecloth. Pour sugar into a small saucepan and, stirring constantly, cook until caramel color appears.
It is better to cook toffee on low or moderate heat, so the mass will not burn. Remember to stir the sweet mass all the time while it is cooking.
After that, pour the cream into the caramel mass. Next, melt the dark chocolate. Add melted chocolate, loose gelatin, and butter to the hot caramel mixture. Mix everything well, and then pour into molds. Refrigerate and set in the refrigerator to harden.
Lemon toffee: homemade recipe
To prepare lemon toffee you will need: – 120 ml of water; – 400 grams of sugar; – 30 grams of lemon juice; – 100 grams of gelatin; – icing sugar to taste; – orange peel to taste.
Pour water into a saucepan, add sugar, bring syrup to a boil, stirring all the time. Dissolve the gelatin in a separate bowl according to the instructions that came with it. Wait a few minutes for the gelatin to dissolve and add it to the total mass. Cook everything for 10 minutes. Then gently pour freshly squeezed lemon juice into this mass and add orange zest.
Mix everything thoroughly and pour into a mold. Refrigerate and refrigerate for about three hours until thickened. After this time, grease the knife with butter and cut the candy mass into small squares. Dip each lemon toffee in powdered sugar. Place the candies in a saucer and serve with tea.