Feb 17 2008
A flop
Well it had to happen at some point. A Nigella recipe that did not work.
- Hokey Pokey
I have a friend, from whom I borrowed a jumper to get home on a cold night. In December. I felt I owed her a little something to say sorry for hoarding her jumper for such a long time, so, in addition to inviting her and her fella for dinner, I decided to make her some Hokey Pokey as Nigella describes it as being good as a gift.
The instructions for this Cinder Toffee/Honeycomb creation were pretty short (in fact, in true express style, I made the stuff whilst simultaneously emptying the dishwasher and making my breakfast) and I wonder whether I could have done with a bit of micro-managment and hand-holding.
The end result was a rather flat slab of very chewy, not very bubbly, toffee-like stuff. Jaw breaking. I suspect that I did not fully appreciate the importance of one use of the word immediately and over whipped the mixture- removing all air. Either way it’s been quite nice to chew on, but wouldn’t have been much use as a gift. I may try it again at some time. Perhaps using a smaller pan and slightly warmer golden syrup to start with.
