Crunchy, sweet, lemon-scented pine nut brittle makes a great gift or a quick and simple snack.
![Lemon-Scented Pine Nut Brittle](https://gfimages.azureedge.net/br/Lemon_Scented_Pine_Nut_Brittle1.jpg)
The most known brittle may be the peanut butter brittle, so I wanted something different and used pine nuts, roasted pine nuts and lots of them.
This brittle can easily be broken into tine pieces, so you can savor them for a long time. Put them in your mouth and allow them to melt, then enjoy the pine nuts.
Key Ingredients in This Recipe
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- Pine nuts
- Butter
- Sugar
- Lemon zest – orange zest can be used as well.
I recommend you roast the pine nuts prior to adding them to the syrup. It adds more flavor. I tried it both way and the roasted version if superior to the non-roasted version.
How to Make the Lemon-Scented Pine Nut Brittle
- Butter a baking sheet, to prevent the brittle to stick to it
- Heat sugar and water in a heavy sauce pan until dissolved. Stir regularly, gently. You don’t want the sugar to stick to the walls of the pan.
- Once dissolved, bring it to a boil. Do not stir, but swirl the pan. Boil until you have a nice deep golden color. Attention!! Once the color starts to change and you don’t pay attention, you can easily burn the syrup.
- Add the butter, lemon zest and salt and coat nuts.
- Spread out onto the baking sheet. You want to end up with 1 layer, not stacked nuts. You can spread it out wide, or keep the nuts close together.
![Picture of brittle on baking sheet](https://gfimages.azureedge.net/br/Lemon_Scented_Pine_Nut_Brittle3.jpg)
Allow to cool and then break into pieces. Large ones, small ones, whatever you like.
Store in an airtight container or pack for gift giving. Transfer the pieces in a beautiful glass jar or a transparent plastic bag with a ribbon. The lemon-scented pine nut brittle is colorful enough that you don’t need necessarily a fancy container.
![Lemon-Scented Pine Nut Brittle](https://gfimages.azureedge.net/br/Lemon_Scented_Pine_Nut_Brittle4.jpg)
Lemon-Scented Pine Nut Brittle
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup pine nuts roasted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1.5 tablespoons water
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon butter
Instructions
- Butter a baking sheet.
- In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar and water and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until it turn golden. Don’t stir, just swirl the pan every now and then. This will take max. 10 minutes. (Note 1)
- Add the nuts, lemon zest, butter and salt and mix until coated.
- Pour mixture onto the baking sheet and spread with a spoon. Make sure you have 1-layer of nuts.
- Cool completely and break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
- Be aware that once the color starts turning it can quickly go too far.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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