Ottolenghi Test Kitchen Almond and Orange Brittle | Edible Christmas Gift

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp whipping cream
• 100g caster sugar
• 100g golden syrup
• 70g unsalted butter, cut into roughly 3cm cubes
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste, or vanilla extract
• 1 tsp flaked sea salt
• 1 tsp Aleppo chilli, or ½ tsp regular chilli flakes
• 1 tsp good-quality orange blossom water
• 15g orange zest (about 1½ tbsp finely grated zest, from 1–2 oranges)
• 150g flaked almonds, lightly toasted
• 90g pecan or walnut pieces, lightly toasted then finely chopped
• 90g pumpkin seeds, lightly toasted
• 40g sesame seeds, lightly toasted
• 20g barberries, soaked in 100ml boiling water for 10 minutes, then drained
• 30g dark chocolate, roughly chopped