Almond Brittle Cream, Bain-Marie
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 150 g sugar
- 85 g sweet almonds
- 5 count egg yolks
- 4 dl milk
Instructions
- Chop the peeled almonds to wheat-grain size.
- Caramelize 110g sugar, add almonds and stir to a cinnamon color; cool on a buttered pan (brittle).
- Pound the cold brittle very fine with the remaining 40g sugar.
- Mix in the yolks and milk; pour into a buttered ring mold and cook in a bain-marie.
- Chill in ice in summer. Double for more than six; boil doubtful milk first.