Today is another good day. We have praline candies in our hands and we take a bite. In some cases, people get confused with the meaning of that word. It is because in Belgium it is a general term for chocolates with a creamy thing in the middle. However, in some places it points to the type of caramel with nuts. That is why here I am going to make it clear that I will talk about chocolates only with nuts. The pralines were made with almonds first and not pecans. However, it is replaced with walnut due to the abundance of walnuts in the south.
Now, it becomes very creative to mix rum with chocolates. What is rum? It is a liquor distilled from fermented sugar cane juice. Today, there are four basic styles of rum: light bodied, medium bodied, dark, and spicy or aromatic. Their taste depends on how long they are stored. The shortest storage time is six to twelve months in unloaded oak barrels. Of course, the longer, the tastier it becomes. The question now is which of these is being used for sweet and flavorful rum pralines? The answer is dark rum. It is used to mix with walnut chocolates. That style of rum is aged for 5 to 7 years, which made it to have rich flavors, aromas, and textures.
It can certainly make you want so much. Candy makers find ways to find the perfect nutty pralines that will suit the taste of your tongue. In this case, if you are a rum lover it would be fun to say that it is okay not to drink rum all year round because you can always eat rum pralines and drink it. Get lots of boxes and it will feel like you are in candy heaven.
In case you want to get creative and inventive or just want to try making rum bonbons by hand, all you need is 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of packed brown sugar, ½ cup of water, 2 tablespoons of honey, ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, 3 teaspoons vanilla, 1/4 teaspoon rum, and 3 cups walnut halves. It will be ready in just 30 minutes according to the experts. Bring the sugars, water, honey, and cinnamon to a boil in a saucepan without stirring, and remove the saucepan from the heat when it reaches 240 degrees on your candy thermometer. Add the vanilla and rum and let cool. Beat until creamy and add walnuts until coated
Praline recipes are too easy for anyone who has obtained all the ingredients to have the right to make one. The effort you will always need is to look for ways that make it taste like candy heaven. Go ahead, gather the ingredients and prepare your kitchen utensils to make your first sweet pralines.