Hazelnuts, Candied

Let cool in the refrigerator with plastic wrap on the surface to prevent a skin from forming. Serve in individual cups, ramekins, or glasses. Garnish with candied hazelnuts, if desired. 

Nut pieces are added to ice cream products to provide texture contrast, flavour and visual appeal. Several types of nuts are used, for example almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, peanuts, pecans, pistachios and walnuts. Walnuts and pecans are often candied to create a crisper texture and darker colour. In the candying process, the nuts are mixed with sugar and then cooked at about 115 C. Nut pastes can be used as flavourings. Nut ingredients are generally expensive. Since some people are allergic to nuts control systems must be put in place to ensure that nuts cannot enter products on which they are not declared as ingredients. 

Nougat paste serves as a soft or firm candy filling. It contains up to 2% water and roasted dehuUed filberts (hazelnuts) or roasted de-hulled almonds, finely ground in the presence of sugar and cocoa products. Cocoa products... 

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