Chipotle Rosemary Nuts

Ina Garten

This was featured on Ina's TV show for a cocktail party, but I have scaled back the quantities and reduced the amount of sugar to European tastes.

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Serves 4. Heat your (fan) oven to 160°C. Prep time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Ingredients

200 g unsalted cashews | roasted
100 g pecans
100 g walnuts
40 g whole almonds | skinned
1 tbsp vegetable oil
50 ml maple syrup (see tip)
60 g light brown sugar
1 tbsp fresh orange juice
1 tsp powdered chipotle
2 tbsp rosemary | very finely chopped
salt (see tip)

Method

Put the cashews, pecans, walnuts, and almonds in a bowl with the oil and stir well to mix.
Mix the syrup, sugar, orange juice, and chipotle in a jug with half the rosemary.
Pour the wet ingredients over the nuts and stir well, making sure all the nuts are coated.
Turn the mix out into a lightly oiled baking tray.
Cook until golden, turning the mixture over once or twice during cooking.

Serving

Sprinkle with the remaining rosemary and some salt to your taste, then allow to cool before eating, if you can manage it.

Any timings underlined in red are in addition to the preparation time (eg waiting time)

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Tips and techniques

Syrups (Ingredients, #6)

In the UK, Ireland, and related cultures, ‘syrup’ means refiner’s or ‘golden’ sugar syrup, which is very thick and sticky and incredibly sweet. In the US and its related cultures, it means corn or other high-fructose syrup, which is liquid and less sweet. In Canada, Vermont, etc, of course, it can only mean maple syrup. According to taste, pretty much all of them work — they just have different tastes. If you use a liquid syrup, use less of it because the higher water content may change the texture of the recipe.

Salt, kosher and otherwise (Ingredients, #11)

Coars salt in a bowl and fine salt in a salt-cellar

In some countries, iodine is added to salt for public health reasons. In Ireland we are an island with a large fish and dairy component to our diet, so our salt has no iodine added, but when I mention salt, feel free to substitute whatever kind of salt your dietary or religious requirements dictate.

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