Sugar-coated almonds (Gebrannte Mandeln)

[brazen20au]

ohh yay! now i know what to put in those jars!

[Carrie]

Wondering if anyone has tried these with food colouring? I was hoping to make them red coated, and was thinking of adding the colouring in with the water.

[vivacity]

I tried the above recipe that I posted from a German site and I must say we were not particularly impressed. They weren't crisp enough, i.e. the almonds were still quite soft even after cooling. Didn't matter because I just chopped the result in the TMX and then rolled a roll of biscuit dough in the chopped almond mix and cut into slices before baking (see the recipe for Fresian biscuits).

This is supposed to be a better result but I haven't tried it out yet. Source: www.rezeptwelt.de.

Ingredients:

1 pack of unpeeled almonds (200g)
80 g brown (or white sugar)
1/2 tsp Christmas spice mix or cinnamon
about 10g water

Preparation

Put almonds, sugar and spices in TMX, place lid on top and cook 6min/varoma/soft stir/reverse. Add water and cook a further 9m/varoma/speed1/reverse. Tip out the almonds onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper and distribute evenly so that they don't stick together. Bake for about 15 minutes at 180C. Turn the almonds so that they bake evenly. Watch out that they don't burn.

I hope this recipe is more successful.

[Thermomixer]

Thanks Viv 

[Sundari]

from reading this and the other thread it looks like the best option is to do as per this recipe but the

Tip out the almonds onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper and distribute evenly so that they don't stick together. Bake for about ? 10 minutes at 180C. Turn the almonds so that they bake evenly. Watch out that they don't burn.

[I Love Bimby!]

That sounds about right. I had mine in at around 150-160C for about 10-15 minutes while the short breads were cooking. It's just to dry them out.

[trudy]

I have made so many batches of these - actually they are very addictive.  My daughter and son-in-law have just arrived home from Germany and were happy that I had made so many.  So thanks so much for posting the recipe.

[Thermomixer]

Thanks for the tip Sundari - saw some in the shops on Sunday and thought -bugger - another one I stiill haven't tried. 

[brazen20au]

mmmm i just did 2 batches of these with cashews, they take less time to do
http://brazen20au.blogspot.com/2009/12/sugared-cashews-gf-tmx.html

[Carrie]

I've made 2 batches of these today, and they're beautiful.

I added food colouring at the beginning with the sugar and water, and mixed before adding the almonds, and then followed the recipe and finished off in the oven. Yummo, thanks heaps for posting the recipe.

[judydawn]

Obviously the food colouring trick in the water worked Carrie.

[sargo]

These almonds are usually sold at fun fairs and are especially delicious at Christmas. I haven't tried these yet (still waiting for Thermomix to arrive) but they sound delicious and easy to make (and are probably a lot cheaper than the 3 Euros for 100g that you pay here). I found the recipe on a German site (http://www.rezeptwiese.de/rezepte/13703-gebrannte_mandeln_aus_dem_thermomix_tm_31).

. . . .

I just attempted to make these in the TM21 and I want to warn anyone else with the TM21 that this is not a good idea!  As TM21 owners know, you duplicate reverse by using the butterfly and speed 1.  As the syrup hardens around the almonds the butterfly can become embedded in something the consistency of concrete!  I was able to stop the TMX before my butterfly shattered but only just!  The cleanup of the bowl was also challenging.

[judydawn]

What a shame sargo - they are so nice too.

[Thermomixer]

Wonder if they may need to go a bit faster?  Tebasile or vivacity may be able to check the German sites for TM21 recipes??

[vivacity]

This recipe is from the site www.wunderkessel.de. No idea if it works but the author says it's for the TM 21.

150g sugar and 1/2 MC water in TMX, cook 4M/100C/speed 2.
Add 1/2 tsp cinnamon.

Attach butterfly, add 200g whole almonds, cook 5M/100C/speed 1.

Spread the almonds onto a baking sheet and distribute evenly to dry (or dry them in the oven for a few minutes).

I really hope this works