New Orleans Praline Pieces

Name: New Orleans Praline Pieces
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 118 milliliters heavy cream; 177 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 142 grams 1/4 cups pecan pieces , toasted; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, cut into bits

New Orleans Praline Pieces is a gluten free and vegetarian hor d'oeuvre. This recipe makes 18 servings with 155 calories, 1g of protein, and 9g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up granulated sugar, pecan pieces, butter, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Butter a 9-inch square metal baking pan.

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Butter

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Baking Pan

Sift granulated sugar through a sieve into a bowl to remove any lumps or large crystals, then rub brown sugar through sieve into bowl.

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Granulated Sugar

Brown Sugar

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Sieve

Bowl

Pour sugars into a 2 1/2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan, being careful not to get sugar on side of pan.

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Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Add cream, butter, and 1/4 teaspoon salt and cook over very low heat, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon and washing down any sugar crystals on side of pan with a pastry brush dipped in cold water, until sugar is dissolved (do not let simmer), 10 to 15 minutes.

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Butter

Cream

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Pastry Brush

Wooden Spoon

Frying Pan

Clamp on candy thermometer, then boil syrup over moderately high heat, undisturbed, until it registers 236°F and a teaspoon of syrup dropped into a small bowl of cold water holds a very soft ball when pressed between your fingers, 3 to 6 minutes.

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Syrup

Water

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Candy Thermometer

Bowl

Remove pan from heat, leaving thermometer in place, and cool, undisturbed, until syrup registers 220°F, 1 to 3 minutes. Stir syrup with cleaned and dried wooden spoon until thickened and creamy, 1 to 2 minutes, then immediately stir in pecans. Working very fast (syrup hardens quickly), pour into baking pan, scraping sides of saucepan with wooden spoon.

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Pecans