Borstplaat

Title:
Borstplaat

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Dutch,
Christmas,
Cookies




Ingredients:





   300 g  Sugar


     5 tb Water


    20 g  Butter, if necessary






 Prepare a mould (usually heart-shaped). For the bottom use a flat piece of


 oiled aluminiumfoil. For the rim, any metal shape, or a strip of stiff


 paper wrapped in alufoil, also oiled lightly on the inside.


 


 Put ingredients in a saucepan and bring to the boil. First the syrupy


 liquid will start to foam, then start to clear. Stir now and again with a


 wooden spoon. Put a steel spoon upside down in a cup of cold water iced


 with an icecube. It will be needed to test the consistency of the mix. Put


 the coldest part of the spoon in the hot sugarmass and insert it directly


 in the cold water. Leave it there for a few seconds. Then (using finger and


 thumb) push the sugarmass to the end of the spoon. You'll end up with a


 sticky ball. If it is soft and stringy, leave to boil for a few more


 minutes. Keep stirring. When it is firm and springs back when tested, it's


 ready. Take the pan of the heat, and leave to cool a bit. Then: stir


 briskly. The colour will change from grey to snowy white (stirring will


 also prevent a grainy crystallising later). Don't let it cool down too


 much, and then: pour into the mould. Leave to set for at least one hour.


 Variations: mocca: add a tbs of powdered coffee directly after taking the


 borstplaat off the heat chocolate: add a tbs of cocao creamy: add a little


 cream (unwhipped)


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #339


 


 From: kmeade@IDS2.IDSONLINE.COM (The Meades)


 


 Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 10:55:34 -0500