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Knäck: photo of the dish
Illustrative photo: Jesper Sandström — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Knäck

A hard, crunchy Swedish toffee flavoured with almonds, traditionally made at Christmas. Once cooled, it is broken into pieces, much like nougat or brittle.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Garniture

Spices & seasoning

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Instructions

  1. Line a baking tray with baking paper and prepare the bicarbonate and flaked almonds beside you.
  2. In a heavy saucepan, melt the sugar with the golden syrup over medium heat, without stirring, until you get a light golden caramel.
  3. Off the heat, add the butter and cream, then return to medium heat, stirring until it reaches 120 °C.
  4. Keep cooking to 140 °C, stirring constantly, then remove from the heat.
  5. Immediately add the bicarbonate, vanilla, salt and almonds, then mix vigorously: the mixture will foam up.
  6. Quickly pour onto the tray, spread thinly and leave to cool completely before breaking into pieces.

Variations and tips

Chocolate version. Once the knäck has cooled, spread half of it with melted dark chocolate before breaking it up.

More ideas

Original Ecomely recipe.