Honey Almond Grilling Glaze Food

APPLE HONEY CAKE WITH HONEY ALMOND GLAZE

Steps:

• Line a 9 inch square baking pan with foil, allowing a 2 inch overhand on 2 sides of pan; grease foil.
• In a bowl whisk together flour, ground almonds, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt.
• In a large bowl beat egg with brown sugar until thick and creamy.
• Combine milk, oil and honey; add to egg mixture and blend.
• Stir in flour mixture.
• Fold in apples; spread in prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 approximately 35 minutes or until cake tester comes our clean.
• To prepare glaze:
• In a small saucepan, bring honey, apple juice and cardamom to a boil;.
• reduce heat and simmer for about 5 minutes or until slightly thickened stirring occasionally.
• Place cake on wire rack and gently poke several holes in cake with fork.
• Carefully pour warm glaze over cake.
• Sprinkle with toasted almonds.
• Allow to cool about 10 minutes and then lift cake out of pan using foil handles.
• Serve warm or at room temperaturre.
• Preparation time includes glaze.

GLAZED HONEY AND ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; grease a 7-inch round cake pan and line it with baking parchment.
• Place the margarine, brown sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, milk and honey in a large mixing bowl and beat well with a wooden spoon for 1 minute, or until all of the ingredients are thoroughly combined. Spoon into the prepared baking pan and smooth out the surface.
• Sprinkle with the almonds.
• Bake for 50 minutes, or until the cake has risen.
• Meanwhile, make the syrup by combining the 2/3 cup honey and lemon juice, and simmering them for 5 minutes in a small saucepan over medium, or until the syrup starts to coat the back of a spoon. As soon as the cake has come out of the oven, pour the syrup over the top.
• The let it cool for at least 2 hours before serving.

HONEY-GLAZED ALMONDS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place almonds in single layer in ungreased 15x10x1- inch pan. Bake 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant.
• In 10-inch nonstick skillet, heat water, honey and oil to boiling over medium heat. Stir in toasted almonds. Cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly, until liquid evaporates. Sprinkle sugar and salt over almonds; cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until almonds are reddish brown and coated. Remove from heat.
• Spread nuts on cooking parchment paper; cool 10 minutes. Break nuts apart; cool completely. Store tightly covered at room temperature.

HONEY ROASTED ALMONDS

Steps:

• Spread almonds in a single layer on a baking sheet and place in a cold oven.
• Turn oven on to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake almonds, stirring occasionally, until light tan and fragrant, 12 to 15 minutes. The nuts will continue to cook after removing from oven.
• Meanwhile, mix sugar and salt together in a small bowl; sprinkle about 1 tablespoon sugar mixture into a large bowl.
• Stir honey, water, and almond oil together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Add almonds; cook and stir until almonds have absorbed all the liquid, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer coated almonds to the large bowl sprinkled with sugar mixture. Sprinkle remaining sugar mixture over almonds; toss to coat evenly.
• Spread almonds onto waxed paper to cool completely. Store at room temperature in a tightly covered container or plastic bag.

BALSAMIC-HERB GRILLING GLAZE

Steps:

• Combine vinegar, wine, honey, oil, and half of the herbs in a small saucepan.
• Heat to boiling; reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• Stir in remaining half of herbs; season to taste with freshly ground black pepper.
• Allow to cool to room temperature.
• Brush on meat or fish during last minutes of grilling.