What is praline?!
What is praline?
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PRALINE is a family of confections made from nuts and sugar syrup.
In Europe, the nuts are usually almonds or sometimes hazelnuts. In Louisiana and Texas, pecans are almost always used, and cream is often incorporated into the mixture. Praline candy patties are one of the foods most often associated with New Orleans, but are also popular in other antebellum cities in the deep south, like Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia
As originally invented in France, pralines were whole almonds individually coated in caramelized sugar, as opposed to dark nougat, where a sheet of caramelized sugar covers many nuts. The powder made by grinding up such sugar-coated nuts is called 'pralin' or 'praliné' in French, and is an ingredient in many cakes and pastries.
In most other countries the word 'praline' is used to mean this powder, or even a paste, often used to fill chocolates, hence its use by synecdoche in The Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium to refer to filled chocolates in general. In United Kingdom, the term can refer either to praline (the filling for chocolates) or, less commonly, to the original whole-nut pralines.
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In French cookery this is a powder or paste made of caramelized almonds and/or hazelnuts. American cookery refers to a candy consisting of caramel and pecans. Candy eaten in the Southwest; made from brown sugar and pecans.
Praline is a family of confections made from nuts and sugar syrup.the nuts are usually almonds or sometimes hazelnuts.pralines were whole almonds individually coated in caramelized sugar, as opposed to dark nougat
I think it is a cookie
Praline is a powder usually prepared from caramelised almonds. It can also be prepared using nuts like hazelnuts, peanuts, walnuts, cashewnuts etc (sugar/jaggery and nuts). Usually used to flavor ice creams and creams used for pastry. Infact, our Indian chikki, when powdered coarsely can be used as praline.
nuts coated in sugar
Praline is a family of confections made from nuts and sugar syrup.
In Europe, the nuts are usually almonds or sometimes hazelnuts. In Louisiana and Texas, pecans are almost always used, and cream is often incorporated into the mixture. Praline candy patties are one of the foods most often associated with New Orleans, but are also popular in other antebellum cities in the Deep South, like Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia, where the similar benne seed wafer is also common.
As originally invented in France, pralines were whole almonds individually coated in caramelized sugar, as opposed to dark nougat, where a sheet of caramelized sugar covers many nuts. The powder made by grinding up such sugar-coated nuts is called 'pralin' or 'praliné' in French, and is an ingredient in many cakes and pastries.
In most other countries the word 'praline' is used to mean this powder, or even a paste, often used to fill chocolates, hence its use by synecdoche in The Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium to refer to filled chocolates in general. In United Kingdom, the term can refer either to praline (the filling for chocolates) or, less commonly, to the original whole-nut pralines.
Robert King Wilkerson, a Black Panther Party activist, makes pralines called Freelines, which he developed while in prison.
In Louisiana and the US Gulf Coast area, praline is pronounced PRAH-leen; in the northern US and Britain the pronunciation PRAY-leen is common.
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