Honey Nougat
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Desserts
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 1
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                cup  honey
  3        tablespoons  light corn syrup
     3/4           cup  heavy cream
     3/4           cup  whole almonds -- toasted and
                        -- coarsely chopped
     3/4           cup  pistachios -- coarsely chopped
     3/4           cup  sliced almonds -- toasted
  2        tablespoons  diced -- candied citrus peel
                        -- or 1 tablespoon
                        -- orange zest
     1/4      teaspoon  orange flower water -- (available at liquor
                        -- stores)
 

Preparation:

Lightly oil a baking sheet. In a heavy 4-quart saucepan, mix the honey, corn syrup and cream. Continue cooking until the mixture reaches 260 degrees on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat and quickly stir in the nuts, citrus peel and the orange flower water. Immediately spread onto the greased baking sheet and cool. When cool, cut into squares. Store in an airtight container up to about a week.

 

Nutritional Information:

3496 Calories (kcal); 216g Total Fat; (52% calories from fat); 62g Protein; 384g Carbohydrate; 245mg Cholesterol; 183mg Sodium