November 01 |
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These
huesos
are ever tastier when you eat them while viewing the TV
miniseries Feast of All Saints (2001)
based on Anne's Rice's The Feast of All Saints and tales place in
New Orleans during the 1840s The film and the novel are about the
gens de couleur libres (free people of
color) who were the descendants of many of the original settlers and
their African slave mistresses. |
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Huesos de
Santo
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Candy Roll Ingredients | Filling Ingredients | Coating Ingredients | ||
large potato |
6
egg yolks
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1
cup sugar |
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Instructions |
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1. Boil potato in its skin until cooked. Set potato aside
until it is cool enough to handle. Skin potato and force 1/2 of it through a
sieve (your should have about 1/2 cup of sieved potato). 2. Combine sugar, water, and lemon zest in a saucepan and cook over medium heat until mixture boils. Continue to cook until mixture has reached the hard-ball stage and syrup has thickened and lightly darkened. Add almonds and potato, stirring mixture with a wooden spoon. Continue cooking until mixture starts to leave side of pan. Remove pan from heat. 3. When mixture has cooled enough to handle, turn out on a floured board or on a piece of marble and flatten to about 1/2". Turn over every half hour until dry (about 2 hours). 4. Roll out candy on a floured board or marble to 1/8" thick. Cut into rectangles 2" x 3". Roll rectangles around the handle of a small wooden spoon to form a cylindrical bone. Remove bone from handle and place seam side down on a cookie sheet. Allow to dry overnight. 5. Beat egg yolks until lemon colored. Combine sugar, and water in a saucepan and cook over medium heat until mixture boils. Continue cooking until mixture reaches the hard-ball stage. Gradually add egg yolks in a thin steam while beating mixture with a whisk. Continue cooking until mixture stiffness, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Cook. Ladle mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a plain 1/4" tube and fill bones with filling. 6. Combine sugar and water in a saucepan and cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat and add lemon juice. Whisk until syrup turns white, thickens, and forms a ball. Remove ball from pot and allow to cool. |
Makes 6 Huesos
© 2012 Gordon Nary