Torrone (Italian Nut & Nougat Confection) – A Stirring Valentine’S Twenty-Four Hr Menstruum Process

The topic of this torrone post was originally virtually making this gorgeous candy for your Valentine, but in addition to thus I realized what would live fifty-fifty ameliorate than making this for your sweetheart, would live making with your sweetheart.

While really easy, this physical care for does conduct maintain virtually i in addition to a one-half hours to complete, in addition to most of that fourth dimension is spent standing at the stove, stirring, which is why tag-teaming this Italian confection makes the labor much easier, in addition to I’ll assume a lot to a greater extent than fun.

By the way, this is the existent way to brand torrone, in addition to past times “real,” I hateful the actually quondam way. Today, most candy makers piece of employment a much faster method, where a caramelized carbohydrate syrup is exactly added to the whipped egg whites. I’ve tried this both ways, in addition to piece the modern technique is way faster, I much prefer this method. It seems to conduct maintain to a greater extent than soul, whatever that means.

Using this ancient technique, you lot don’t demand to worry virtually precise timing, specific temperatures, or potentially painful burns. Besides, standing in addition to stirring something on the stove for that long is surprisingly therapeutic. Watching the ingredients slowly, in addition to magically change, every bit your abode fills alongside the sugariness olfactory holding of warm honey, is almost every bit enjoyable every bit the amazing candy you lot destination upward with. Almost.

The visual clues, in addition to times I laissez passer inward the video should live enough, but don’t forget the mutual frigidity H2O fox I showed you. That’s a corking way to cheque you lot work, in addition to sneak a taste. I promise you lot laissez passer this a essay very soon. Enjoy!

Recipe adapted from this i by, Enzo Maragucci. 
Makes virtually fourscore (1-inch) foursquare pieces:

400 g beloved (about 1 1/3 cups)

250 g white carbohydrate (about 1 loving cup addition three tablespoons)

2 large egg whites

pinch salt

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 rounded tablespoon lemon zest

3 cups roasted almonds (I used Marcona almonds)

1 loving cup roasted pistachio

2 sheets “wafer” newspaper (*edible rice paper)

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If you don't piece of employment the wafer paper, you lot tin laissez passer the axe exactly spray plastic wrap alongside oil, in addition to that too works. Some people piece of employment cornstarch, but I'm non a fan. Google for many other tricks.  

- I used an 8 x eleven baking dish to mold mine in.