Dragon's beard candy (spun sugar)

A very fine spun confection made of sugar syrup stretched into a thousand threads, often wrapping peanuts or sesame. It is eaten crisp and melting, at the end of a festive meal.

45 min
4 servings
Medium
Budget-friendly
🇨🇳 China

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Ingredients

Garniture

50 g Cornflour

Optional extras

1 pinch Salt

Nutrition facts

456 kcal per serving

Protein: 6.9 g
Carbohydrates: 67.3 g
of which sugars: 55.2 g
Fat: 17 g
of which saturated fat: 2.7 g
Fiber: 2.8 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Roughly crush the peanuts and dry-toast them in a pan for 5 minutes with the sesame seeds.
Generously oil a tray or marble slab with a little neutral oil, then dust with cornflour so the sugar doesn't stick.
In a saucepan, heat the sugar, water and maltose syrup over medium heat without stirring, until you get an amber syrup at about 140 °C.
Remove from the heat and let it rest for 1 minute so the syrup thickens slightly.
Dip two oiled chopsticks into the syrup and stretch it by gently pulling to form fine threads, then fold them in half and repeat several times.
Lay the threads on the floured tray, sprinkle with peanuts and sesame, then roll or fold the whole thing.
Let it cool completely before cutting into pieces or serving in nests.