According to wikipedia, praline or pralin seems to mean different things in different places but to me, this is part of a lot of my childhood memories. Most birthday parties involved ice cream and usually had praline and chocolate sauce to top it off.
When I visited the sister last, she had a small bottle of praline stored in her fridge to top off puddings. Amma and I snacked on it and it was all gone by end of the day!
Long story short, praline is candy made with caramelized sugar and nuts of some sort. My preferred choice is cashew nuts. If you like those small nuggets Cadburys Crackle, then you will love this because its pretty much the same thing!
You can make this and store it in the fridge. Makes a yummy addition to ice cream sundaes and puddings.
Praline Recipe
Makes about 1/3 cup
Ingredients:
3 tbsp white sugar
10 whole, plain cashew nuts
1/2 tsp unsalted butter (added for flavour, but its optional)
How I Made It:
1. Heat a dry non-stick wide pan. When hot, sprinkle the sugar over the pan. Reduce flame to lowest possible heat and wait while the sugar starts to melt and turns a light golden brown.
2. Quickly add the cashewnuts and butter and stir until the mixture turns a dark golden brown. Take care not to burn it, sugar is very easy to burn.
3. Remove from fire as soon as the colour changes to dark golden brown and the cashew nuts look roasted, tip immediately into a plate lined with parchment or butter paper and let it cool completely.
4. Once cool, it will be brittle. Break into smaller pieces and pulse in your mixer until you get the coarse praline.
Serve with ice cream, puddings, or even inside sweet crepes, mix with chocolate when you make home made chocolate, the application is up to your imagination!
ishliv kaur says
October 6, 2012 at 2:09 pmThx for dis rly cooo recipe
Just perfect for a dessert i made
Anonymous says
September 4, 2012 at 2:03 pmIf no butter paper or parcent paper what to do??can I use aluminum foil
Nagalakshmi V says
September 7, 2012 at 2:22 amyes that's fine. even a steel plate works fine.
Baljeet sidhu says
July 31, 2012 at 6:51 amHi …i had no idea how to do this ..Thanksss Nags..:))
Schokojunkie says
June 6, 2012 at 5:44 amFantastic recipe! Thank you so much for sharing!
Shereen D. says
March 31, 2012 at 8:10 amthis is prolly the best praline recipe i found online! thanks
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Marita Abraham says
August 24, 2011 at 6:06 pmHello! What a simple an easy recipe! I have already forwarded to my friends. Can't wait to try it. 🙂
Anu Nandu says
August 24, 2011 at 3:31 amI'm so making this soon – reminds me of butterscotch icecream with little crisp bits. I want some..
Whole Food Recipes says
August 23, 2011 at 11:20 amIts look yum,kids will like this.
Nags says
August 23, 2011 at 1:12 amAnon, adding saffron to praline sounds like a great idea. will surely try that next time 🙂
Megha, thank you so much! 🙂
Madhavi says
August 22, 2011 at 6:30 pmDelicious and yummoo Prasline…
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Priti says
August 22, 2011 at 4:27 pmI love this with peanut 🙂 …looks yum
Ramya says
August 22, 2011 at 2:57 pmThis wud make a perfect topping for ice cream:-) And i absolutely love Cadbury crackle..i must must try this:-)
Megha says
August 22, 2011 at 1:43 pmOops… i just skipped to say tht I loved this recipe too.. i will try this for sure.. 😀 .. like the others which i have tried n loved 🙂
Megha says
August 22, 2011 at 1:42 pmHi,
This not my first visit to your blog. I have explored ur blog and gone through recipes again and again.. Specially the Garlic Pull apart rolls. .. Restaurant style Paneer Butter masala. Paneer rolls.. ur light box tutorials.. 🙂 .. I love ur little space here.. n look forward to read ur recipes 🙂 .. Thanks for making it simple..for ur readers.. !
regards,
Megha.
jeyashrisuresh says
August 22, 2011 at 1:39 pmmy mom makes a similar sweet with cashew and sugar and make a burfi kind of sweet.This is a wonderful topping goes well with pudding s and icecreams
Ramya says
August 22, 2011 at 9:21 amperfect with ice creams and puddings
Saee Koranne-Khandekar says
August 22, 2011 at 8:44 amEasy peasy and downright sinful!
Priyanka Agrawalla says
August 22, 2011 at 8:06 amTht was very new to me! 🙂 Thnks 🙂
Sharmilee! :) says
August 22, 2011 at 5:23 amCashews and sugar….ends up in a totally addictive praline yum yum…Dont think I can reserve it for puddings and icecream…just can have it as such 🙂
RAKS KITCHEN says
August 22, 2011 at 3:53 amI am sure going to try this, and think will be good with peanuts too 🙂 It was really yumm! versatile topping …
Aarthi says
August 22, 2011 at 3:34 amwe used to make this more often..
Anonymous says
August 22, 2011 at 2:20 amif you add saffron pieces,,,,it looks gr8 and tastes gr8!!!
Divya Kudua says
August 22, 2011 at 2:16 amPerfect with vanilla ice-cream and custard-YUM!I make it with almonds too!
Premalatha Aravindhan says
August 22, 2011 at 2:14 amThanks for sharing this delicious praline Nags,luks yummy yum…