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Crisped Sugar
  • For : decorations
  • Time : 50 minutes
  • Difficulty :  advanced

For this recipe, you need :

  • 1 kg sugar
  • 300 g glucose
  • 35 cl water (350 g)

Technical Stages :

  • Prepare a syrup with the sugar, water and glucose. Cook up to 160°C or 320°F (use a sugar thermometer).
  • Pour on a slightly greased bench. Leave to cool until the sugar is almost still. With a greased (triangle) spatula bring the rims back towards the center.
  • Gloss 35 to 40 times to blurish the sugar.
  • Form a shallow ball of sugar with smooth sides. Insert the tubing from a sugar pump and weld the sugar around it. Inject air gradually, giving a shape. This work is done under a sugar lamp that keep the sugar at a correct working temperature and also with a fan to cool it down gradually if needed.
  • MASTERING CRISPED SUGAR REQUIRES HOURS OF WORK AND PATIENCE BEFORE OBTAINING ANY DECENT RESULT.
Thank you for following this recipe !

The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

Glucose crystalGlucose crystal 7.90 Euro
Electronic thermometer 1Electronic thermometer 1 22.10 Euro
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