How To Make Candied Pecans

In this guide, cookery teacher Denise Highfield shows you how to cook this wonderfully simple and easy recipe. Serve this snack to your guests and they will be very impressed. Enlarge

How To Make Candied Pecans

In this guide, cookery teacher Denise Highfield shows you how to cook this wonderfully simple and easy recipe. Serve this snack to your guests and they will be very impressed.

Prep:
10m
Cook:
40m
Total:
50m
Serves:
4
Temp:
180° c  -  360° f

Ingredients

  • 500 g pecan nuts
  • 350 g granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tbsp rock salt
  • 300 ml water

Step 1: Combine The Ingredients

In a saucepan, combine the pecan nuts, the cumin, the sugar, the mixed spices, the paprika, and the salt. Now add water to the saucepan, and stir well. Bring the saucepan to heat, and allow to simmer for about 20 minutes.

Step 2: Drain The Sauce

Place a sieve over a bowl, and pour all of the ingredients into this sieve, allowing the sauce to drain into the bowl.

Step 3: Roast The Pecan Nuts

Take the pecan nuts from this sieve and scatter them onto a baking tray. Cook them in the oven for about 20 minutes.

Step 4: Prepare The Pecan Nuts And Serve

Break up the pecan nuts and place them onto a serving plate.