Torrone: A Delicious Chewy Candy Fit For A Wedding
By: Patricia Turo
Published: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 7:19am

Ingredients




600 grams honey
300 grams water
1000 grams sugar
150 grams egg whites
300 grams pistachios
1200 grams hazel nuts shelled

Preparation

1 Prepare a syrup with the sugar and water by heating it to 140° C. Melt the honey and bring it to 120° C. Put the egg whites in the mixer or bowl and begin to whip them with the whisk, then add the syrup at 140° C a trickle at a time, followed by the honey at 120° C. Continue whipping for approximately 5 minutes. In order to maintain the temperature of the mixture and to cook it, wave a blowtorch beneath the bowl of the mixer. Put the dried fruit in a baking pan and then into the oven to toast; the fruit should be added to the mixture while hot, otherwise stirring it in would prove to be difficult. 2 Replace the whisk in the mixer with the spatula and smoothen the mixture for two minutes. Add the dried fruit and stir it in (photo 7), in a few minutes the torrone will be ready. Remove the mixture from the mixer, when at around 100° C, spread it out on a host leaf (foglio  di ostia) flattens it out and cover it with another host. 3 Finish spreading it out with a rolling pin 4 To a thickness of 2.5 to 3 cm. 5 The best way to cut a crumbly torrone is to place the knife blade on the torrone and tap it sharply with the other hand to obtain irregularly shaped chunks of torrone. Torrone should be kept sealed in a cool dry place.