"Rock" Sugar

Technical stages for "Rock" Sugar :

• Prepare a syrup with the sugar and water and cook at 140°C or 284°F (use a sugar thermometer).
• Combine the royal icing.
• The sugar will then get white and start to foam.
• Pull the sugar up and down twice, using a wooden spatula and the stove.
• Pour the sugar in a aluminium covered box.
• Leave to cool.
• Unmold and cut the sugar to give it fancy shapes.
• As the name indicates it, it looks like a "volcanic" rock.