Caramelized Pistachio Clusters
"Easy candy recipe which is similar to peanut brittle only using pistachios."
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
-
40 clusters
- Serves:
- 40
ingredients
- 1 cup natural pistachios, shelled
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into bits
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Preheat oven to 300°F.
- Pour boiling water to cover pistachios and let stand 1 minute and then drain.
- Turn nuts onto dish towel and rub off skins.
- Dry nuts on a cookie sheet in a 300F oven for 15 minutes.
- Cool thoroughly.
- In medium saucepan combine nuts, sugar and butter and heat over moderate heat until the sugar begins to melt.
- Cook stirring constantly until sugar is light brown caramel color then remove from the heat and stir in vanilla.
- Working quickly with 2 teaspoons drop rounded teaspoonful of nut mixture onto buttered cookie sheet or silpat.
- Let stand at room temperature until hardened.
- Store in airtight container between sheets of waxed paper.
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