December 22 have the shortest day and the longest night of the year, it’s the winter solstice.
Where I live, the sun just rise above the horizon and then turns down again. Today the sun rose at 9:55 and went down at 13:06. Three hours of daylight is what we get, and then the sun is right in your eyes if you are driving. Cloudy days, it never really gets bright.
Knäck
I have been busy making more Christmas candies. I always make knäck for Christmas, it’s a Swedish toffee that is very easy to make. The recipe is:
2 dl sugar
2 dl heavy cream
2 dl golden syrup
2 tbs butter
Put all ingredients in a heavy based saucepan and stir it all together. Simmer it for a long time until the temperature is about 134 degrees C, this gives a hard knäck. If you want a softer knäck, 124-128 degrees C is recommended. I use a cooking thermometer for this. Then pour it up in waxed paper cups. Leave to cool.
You can also add chopped almonds or grated zest of one orange plus a few drops of orange aroma when you have reached the right temperature. The orange knäck is really delicious!
Monica
Merry Christmas Monica, thank you for the recipe, where I live we are having a warm days, about 24 c by day. I live in Guatemala, Central America
My family is having our annual Smorgasbord this weekend, I would like to try to make this for it, but what is golden syrup?
Ah, Smörgåsbord is what we eat at Christmas Eve. I love it!
If you have not tried Smörgåstårta (sandwich cake) before, I highly recommend it too!
About golden syrup, you can read more about it here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_syrup
If you can’t find any golden syrup at your store, you should be able to replace it with cane syrup or similar. Maybe pancake syrup will work too.
I would like to try this! I can convert most ingredients, however, what is dl? lol I have never heard that term used before! Please can you help?
Dl is a shortening for deciliter. 🙂
TY!