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Croccante di Mandorle/ Almond Brittle (with Castor sugar and rosewater)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Special times
Contributed by: Tina Molina

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Ingredients

3 3/4 cups blanched almonds, lightly roasted and coarsely chopped
2 1/2 cups Castor sugar
3 tablespoons rosewater
2 tablespoons water

Vegetable oil for greasing cookie pan



Directions

o Grease a flat cookie pan.

o Place rosewater and water in a large saucepan.

o On low heat dissolve the sugar in the mixture.

o Add the lightly roasted and coarsely chopped almonds to the sugared water and continue cooking on low heat until all the almonds are nicely coated with sugar -- about 3 minutes.

o Spread out the sugared almonds on a well-greased cookie pan -- flatten out the mixture as much as possible.

o Cool.

o Before serving cut the almond brittle into chunks.




Notes

Photo: Mary Melfi.

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