Dragons beard candy
Dragons beard candy
Traditional hand pulled sugar candy with a modern twist of hazelnut and cocoa.
Prep Time
10
Cook Time
20
Cocoa dusting flour ingredients
- tapioca starch : 460g
- deZaan crimson red cocoa powder : 48g
- beetroot powder : 31g
Cocoa dusting flour method
- In a 180°C/355°F pre-heated oven, toast the tapioca starch for about 15 minutes.
- Remove to cool and mix deZaan crimson red cocoa powder and beetroot powder to the starch well.
- Sift to remove any lumps.
Cooked sugar ingredients
- sugar : 630g
- corn syrup : 195g
- white vinegar : 5g
- water : 360g
Cooked sugar method
- In a pot, combine all ingredients and boil until the temperature of the syrup reaches 130°C/265°F.
- Do not stir as it may crystallise the sugars.
- Remove from heat to cool slightly for about 2 minutes.
- Pour into 8 small round containers for about 100g-120g in each.
- Cool the mixture thoroughly overnight.
Toasted hazelnuts ingredients
- hazelnuts : 400g
Toasted hazelnuts method
- In a 180°C/355°F pre-heated oven, toast the hazelnuts for about 8-12 minutes or until light golden brown.
- Cool and roughly chop the hazelnuts.
Assembly
- ["Remove the cooked candy from the round containers."
- Dust the candy's exterior generously with the dusting flour to prevent sticking.
- "Using a metal chopstick or any study sharp stick
- poke a hole into the candy
- making it a ring shape."
- Slowly but firmly stretch the ring larger and evenly (4).
- "When the candy ring is large enough to fold into an "8" shape
- bring both rings together to make 1 ring (5)."
- Dust the candy with more dusting flour to prevent sticking (6).
- "Slowly but firmly stretch the double ring until it is large enough to fold into an "8" shape and bring it together to make 1 ring
- constantly dusting every time you stretch to prevent sticking (7)."
- The strands double and get thinner every time it is stretched longer and folded in half (8).
- Continue the process from step 4 to step 8 until the candy resembles silk strands.
- "Using a sharp scissor
- after ensuring it is dry and coated with the dusting flour
- cut the candy for about 10-15cm long
- place a small handful of chopped hazelnuts and gently wrap and roll with the candy until the hazelnuts are fully encased inside."
- "Consume immediately."]

