Spiced sugar & Christmas popcorn
What's mad about this is that, even though all of these spices and flavours are so pungent on their own, they actually taste like tutti frutti sweets when together. You can use this sugar for so many things; from a sweetener for porridge, sprinkled over baked bananas, or to make a gorgeous Chantilly cream. It will keep for a while, so if you're going to make it, you may as well make a batch and keep it in an airtight container.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Popcorn | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 3 fresh bay leaves
- finely grated zest of 2 oranges
- finely grated zest of 2 lemons
- 6 whole cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 10 gratings whole nutmeg
- 1 vanilla pod, halved lengthways
- 1 kg unrefined caster sugar
- olive oil
- 1 knob butter
- 250 g popcorn kernels
- 6 tablespoons spiced sugar