Nougat – Torrone Morbido

Nougat – Torrone Morbido

While nougat is usually seen during the festive Christmas season, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with wanting to enjoy it throughout the year. Torrone is the word for nougat in Italian, and this recipe is for ‘Torrone Morbido’ which means it’s a soft nougat as opposed to a hard, brittle nougat. Although nougat is a relatively easy confection to make, the recipe does require careful timing. For this reason, make sure to read through the recipe first, and have all your ingredients weighed and prepared before starting to make it. That said, making your own nougat is satisfying and definitely makes for an impressive gift.

Torrone Morbido

Ingredients

  • 500g peeled almonds
  • 100g shelled pistachios
  • 280g acacia honey
  • 30g Glucose
  • 330g Sugar
  • 60g egg whites
  • 30g extra sugar
  • 21cm x 21cm wafer paper (edible rice paper)
  1. Place the almonds and pistachios onto a baking tray lined with baking paper and roast in a static oven at 150°C for about 15 minutes. Once cooked leave the nuts in the oven with the door slightly open. They will remain hot and it will be easier to mix into the nougat mixture.
  2. Put the sugar, glucose and honey into a saucepan, and over medium heat, stir the mixture from time to time until the sugar has melted and all ingredients are well combined, and the mixture starts to bubble. If you have a thermometer for sugar, you want it to reach about 122°C. Turn off the stove.
  3. In the meantime, prepare the meringue. Add the egg whites into the bowl of an electric mixer with the whisk attachment. Add the sugar (30g extra) and beat until there are firm, stiff peaks.
  4. Transfer a little of the meringue to the saucepan with the syrup and mix well. Add remaining meringue.
  5. Turn on the stove flame at low and stirring constantly, (I used a hand held electric mixer) and cook for 20-25 minutes. The mixture will become more dense, white, glossy and thicken.
  6. Add the toasted almonds and pistachios in the mixture and mix well.
  7. Place a sheet of the wafer paper inside a 21cm x 21cm square glass dish. Pour the mixture over and use a spatula to level the surface. Lay the second sheet of wafer on top and press gently to adhere the nougat to the wafer paper. Place a baking tray on top with a weight inside.
  8. Leave the nougat for 12 hours at room temperature in a cool, dry place.
  9. Spray a sharp knife with non-stick cooking spray and run it along the edges of the pan. Turn the nougat out onto a cutting board. Cut the nougat into long strips and then in half. You can also cut the nougat into cubes or leave it in long rectangular bars. Wrap in cellophane.

Torrone Morbido

Ingredienti

  • 500g mandorla pelate
  • 100g pistacchi sgusciati
  • 280g miele di acacia
  • 30g glucosio
  • 330g Zucchero
  • 60g albumi
  • 30g di zucchero extra
  • 21cm x 21cm Ostia
  1. Versare le mandorla e i pistacchi su una teglia da forno foderata con carta forno e lasciateli tostare in forno statico a 150°C per circa 15 minuti. Una volta cotta, lasciare i noci nel forno spento e con lo sportello leggermente aperto.  La frutta secca resterà calda e sarà più facile amalgamarla al composto.
  2. In una pentola, versare lo zucchero, il glucosio e  il miele e a fuoco medio, mescolare la miscela di tanto in tanto fino a quando non si saranno amalgamate bene gli ingredienti. Portarlo a sobbollire e spegnere il fornello. 
  3. Nel frattempo, preparare la meringa versando gli albumi nella ciotola di una planetaria. Aggiungere lo zucchero 30g extra e accendere le fruste ad una velocità medio e continuare finchè il composto non ha una consistenza spumosa.
  4. Trasferire la meringa nella pentola con lo sciroppo e mescolare bene.
  5. Accendere la fiamma del fornello a bassa e mescolando di continuo, (io ho usato una frusta elettrica a mano) e cuocere per 20-25minuti. Il composto risulterà più denso. bianco e lucido.
  6. Aggiungere le mandorla e pistacchi tostati nel composto e mescolare bene. Puoi fare questo anche a mano.
  7. Sistemare un foglio di ostia all’interno di uno stampo da 21cm x 21cm.  Versare il composto sopra e usare una spatula per livellare la superficie. Adagiare il secondo foglio di ostia e schiacciare gentilmente per compattare e far aderire l’ostia. Puoi mettere un altra teglia sopra il torrone con un peso sopra.
  8. Lasciare il composto per 12 ore a temperature ambiente in un luogo fresco e asciutto.
  9. Staccare il torrone con l’aiuto di un coltellino liscio.  Ritagliare in strisce.  Potete anche tagliare ancora il torrone in cubetti o lasciarlo in stecche lungo rettangolare.


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