Grand operas
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| ⅔ | cup | Heavy cream |
| 1 | cup | Milk |
| ¼ | cup | Corn syrup |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| 1 | cup | Pecan meats, broken |
| 4 | ounces | Semi-sweet chocolate |
Directions
In heavy sauce pan, combine sugar, cream, syrup, and salt. Heat until sugar dissolves and the mixture comes to a boil, stirring constantly.
Continue cooking until candy forms a soft ball in cold water. Remove from heat and add vanilla and nuts. Beat until candy thickens and loses its gloss. Turn at once into a buttered square or rectangular pan. Heat chocolate in top of double boiler until partly melted.
Remove from heat and stir rapidly until entirely melted. Pour chocolate over candy. Cool until firm and cut into individual squares.