Cookbook:Candied Almonds (Brända mandlar)

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Brända mandlar (literally "burnt almonds") is Swedish candied almonds.

Ingredients

• 100 g blanched almonds
• 100 g icing sugar
• 125 ml water
• 1 drop red food colouring (optional)

Procedure

1. Preferably the almonds have to be roasted first. Put them in the oven at 180 °C for a few minutes.
2. Then for the actualy candying. Pour the water into a heavy-based saucepan. Then sprinkle over the sugar. Place over a low heat. Stir until the mixture thickens.
3. Add the colouring. Stir in the almonds and mix so that they get a nice coating.
4. Spread out the almonds on some baking paper and separate the almonds using a fork and let them cool a bit.