i love honeycomb. and i mean LOVE honeycomb* if you share my love for honeycomb, here's a recipe for beautiful crunchy honeycomb!
*once i asked mum to make it with me but she made it
with my brother when i was out. i was NOT pleased.
ingredients
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1 and 1/2 cups sugar
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup golden syrup
1/3 cup honey
2 tbsp bicarb soda
line a deep sided
oven tray with baking
paper.
mix all ingredients except bicarb in a deep sided saucepan
heat the mix over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. take a wet pastry brush and brush down any sugar crystals from the sides of the pan. now turn up the heat and don't stir until the caramel has just about reached the crack stage. you can check if its in the crack stage either by using a sugar thermometer and wait till it reaches just under 150 C or you can keep a glass of water nearby and drop a little caramel into the glass. if it solidifies into shards that can easily be cracked then you're good.
remove the pan from the heat, put the pan into a pot of cold water until it stops bubbling.
then add the bicarb soda, stirring vigorously with a spatula as you do to ensure its evenly mixed through. watch as it puffs up so beautifully. then transfer to the lined tray and let cool completely.
serve with ice cream and/or chocolate
my honeycomb tasted INCREDIBLE! I was so relieved when the honeycomb puffed up. the beautiful colour was so calming. i recommend leaving the honeycomb to cool until its soft and squishy but only a little, then put in the fridge.