Salted Chocolate-Pecan Toffee

Name: Salted Chocolate-Pecan Toffee
Prep time: 2 h 45 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 340 grams bittersweet chocolate; 355 milliliters butter; 2 teaspoons fleur de sel (see Notes) or coarse sea salt; 473 milliliters pecan halves; 1 teaspoon salt; 828 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract

Salted Chocolate-Pecan Toffee is a gluten free and fodmap friendly hor d'oeuvre. One serving contains 426 calories, 2g of protein, and 27g of fat. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 20. Head to the store and pick up salt, pecan halves, sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Put pecans on a rimmed baking sheet and cook, stirring occasionally, until toasted, about 8 minutes. When cool enough to handle, chop roughly. Divide into 2 batches; chop 1 batch finely. Set both batches aside.

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Pecans

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Baking Sheet

Put sugar, butter, salt, and 3/4 cup water in a 4-qt. saucepan over medium heat (see Notes). When butter and sugar are melted, increase heat to medium-high and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is deep golden brown and measures 310 on a candy thermometer, about 20 minutes.

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Butter

Candy

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Candy Thermometer

Sauce Pan

Remove from heat and carefully stir in vanilla (mixture will bubble up) and finely chopped pecans.

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Pecan Pieces

Vanilla

Pour into a 10- by 15-in. rimmed baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Let toffee cool until set, at least 30 minutes. (For even pieces, you can "score" the toffee by cutting it with a sharp knife after it has set for about 10 minutes, scoring into 5 strips lengthwise and 8 strips crosswise to yield 40 pieces. Wipe knife clean with warm water after each slice for easier cutting.)

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Toffee

Water

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Knife

Chop chocolate and put in a medium metal bowl. Fill an 8- or 10-in. frying pan with 1/2 in. of water and bring to a boil. Take off heat and put bowl of chocolate in the water.

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Chocolate