Almond Comfits
Ingredients
Directions
Peel
Pick almonds of equal size.
Boil almonds in water to peel them.
Transfer almonds to cold water.
Dry
Place almonds on sieves to dry.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Jordan almonds
- They are the confection itself, so their even size and clean, peeled skins shape the finished piece.
The step that matters
Boil almonds in water to peel them. Boiling softens the thin skin so it slips off the nut. Boiling too long can soften the almond itself, so the nut loses its firm bite and may break up.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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