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A syrup of sugar, honey and water cooked to a high temperature and poured in a thin stream into whipped egg whites, with toasted almonds and pistachios; it sets in a pan and is cut into cubes. Based on the recipes themselves here, with no verified source.

⏱ 4 hr 3 min
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Line the pan the nougat will set in with parchment paper.
    Baking panParchment paper
  2. 2
    Put the sugar, honey and water in a pot and heat over medium heat, without stirring, until the syrup reaches 130°C (265°F).
    Small saucepanStoveCandy/oil thermometer
  3. 3
    Meanwhile, Whip the egg whites to stiff peaks.
    ⚙ WhippingBowlHand mixerorStand mixerorWhisk
    💡Whip egg whites in a clean, dry bowl, without a drop of yolk.
  4. 4
    Pour the boiling syrup slowly, in a thin stream, into the whipped whites with the mixer still running.
    Hand mixerorStand mixer
  5. 5
    Add the vanilla, almonds and pistachios and stir.
  6. 6
    Pour into the pan and smooth the top.
    Silicone spatula
  7. 7
    Leave to harden 4 hours and cut diced.
    Knife
725calories
13 gprotein
121 gcarbs
26 gfat
● protein 7%● carbs 63%● fat 30%

Per serving (197 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (8) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Silicone spatula · Also works: Wooden spoon (Scrapes less well) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (None)
  • Candy/oil thermometer · Also works: Wooden spoon (Oil: bubbles around a wooden spoon) · Bowl (Sugar: a drop in cold water (soft/hard ball))
  • Hand mixer or Stand mixer · one of them

🧻 Consumables: Parchment paper

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Toasting the nuts in the oven (°C) (150) · A pinch of salt in the egg whites · Vanilla with the butter · butter · Rose water · Vanilla with the nuts · Pistachios
  • Toasting time (minutes): 10
  • Syrup temperature (°C): 130
  • Whipping after the butter (minutes): 2
  • Setting: to harden
  • Setting time: 4 hours
  • How to cut: diced

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