Recently, I became fascinated with nougat and made a brief study of various recipes. I still think the whipped cream version is healthier. Many baking friends have consulted. Here I simply write a tutorial for your reference.

Ingredients: maltose 40g, whipped cream 250g, sugar 100g, cooked peanut 100g (or peanut 70g, cranberry 30g).

Operation process:

1. Weigh maltose, whipped cream and sugar and pour them into the pot; (I use malt syrup, so the color will be yellow. There is also a corn syrup (water chestnut), which is white. Maltose can be dug directly by hand or with a spoon, and it must be dipped in cold water; It is best to use a non-stick pan, which is not easy to paste)

2. Find a wooden spoon or heat-resistant rubber scraper (note that no matter what tools are used to stir, it must be able to stir to any corner of the pot to avoid burning the corner that cannot be stirred during cooking);

3, find a suitable mold, pad a layer of oil paper to facilitate demoulding, I use a three-energy non-stick gold plate, without pad oil paper, which is very easy to operate;

4. After the fire boils, turn to medium fire. In this process, the syrup is boiled over medium heat. Be sure to keep stirring. When the syrup becomes thick and fast, turn to low heat;

When the last boiled syrup falls, it will fall like a thick ribbon. The temperature of this grade of syrup should be 125 degrees. The finished sugar melts in the mouth, slightly soft and very smooth. If you prefer, you can continue to cook until 130 degrees;

6. Turn off the heat immediately after the syrup boils, pour in roughly chopped cooked peanuts and dried cranberries and mix well (I use chopped flowers bought online);

7. Quickly pour into the prepared mold. At this time, you can scrape the syrup off the pot and spoon with a clean rubber scraper and flatten the nougat. This process will not get stuck at all, and you don't have to worry too much. Sugar doesn't solidify quickly.

8. After cooling, take out the whole nougat and cut it into pieces.

Tip: You can use your favorite nuts such as cashew nuts, almonds, walnuts and black sesame seeds instead of peanuts. , or mixed with dried fruits such as raisins and cranberries. I think the amount of nuts added in this recipe is basically the limit, and if there are too many nuts, you may not be able to stick to it. It takes about 125 minutes for the syrup to boil to 125 degrees, but I don't think a thermometer is needed at all, just observe the state.