Vegan Salty Caramel with Candied Pecan
We start making a caramel, then a classic ganache, followed by caramelizing pecans.The whole recipe is dairy free, but obviously if you want to use cream or butter go for it. You can replace dairy options with the coconut cream or vegan butter in this recipe.
Caramelized pecan
Ingredients
30 g or 1/4 cups raw pecans
25 g or 1/8 cup sugar
1 teaspoon glucose syrup
salt
Instruction
1. Add pecan, sugar and glucose syrup into pan and simmer until golden brown color
2. Let cool down
Caramel
Ingredients
7 large medjool dates, pitted
30 ml or 1/8 cup coconut cream
1/4 tsp sea salt
Instruction
1. Blend dates, coconut cream and salt in a food processor or blender until smooth
Ganache
Ingredients
90 g or 1/2 cup chocolate
40 ml or 1/4 cup coconut cream
1 tablespoon vegan butter/coconut oil
Instruction
Chop chocolate
Place butter into bowl with chocolate
Heat up cream until simmering
Pour hot cream over chocolate and butter in 2-3 steps
Stir well with spatula
Blend with immersion blender