GLUTEN-FREE SESAME SEED BRITTLE
This recipe is a good one to have up your culinary sleeve. The brittle components can be changed to suit your preference or to match the flavours in an accompanying dessert.
Use other seed or nut combinations - think sesame and pistachio, black sesame and ginger, almond and walnut. Just ensure the combined weight is 125gm and the pieces are small. The brittle can be broken into pieces and processed in a food processor to make praline.
Once you make it, and it’s a simple thing to do, you’ll probably be making it often. A tip is to make more than you think you’ll need because it mysteriously disappears from the tin in the cupboard!
SESAME SEED BRITTLE
85 gm white sesame seeds
40 gm black sesame seeds
50 gm unsalted butter
100 gm caster sugar
100 gm liquid glucose
¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon crushed sea salt
Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine the seeds and spread them out on a large baking tray. Roast for 10 minutes until the seeds are just beginning to colour.
Meanwhile, prepare 4 pieces of baking paper to fit 2 large baking trays.
Put the remaining ingredients in a medium saucepan. Over high heat stir the ingredients until they are combined and bubbling.
Tip the warm seeds into the hot sugar mixture and stir to combine.
Lay two pieces of paper on the bench. Pour half the mix onto each paper. Cover with the other two pieces of paper. Working quickly with a rolling pin, spread out the seed mix to about 2mm thick. You should have 2 shapes of mixture roughly 2mm x 25cm x 35cm. Remove the top layers of paper by peeling from the ends. Transfer onto the 2 baking trays.
Bake for 15 minutes or until the mixture is golden brown and just beginning to darken. Remove from the oven, cool for 5 minutes and then remove the brittle from the paper and cool completely on a rack.
Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
TIPS: Use other seed or nut combinations, just ensure the combined weight is 125gm and the pieces are small. The brittle can be broken into pieces and processed in a food processor to make praline.