Opera Creams

Servings: 12 Difficulty: Advanced
French-style sweet and satisfying dessert that brings home-style flavor to your table
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This French dessert features Sugar, Heavy cream, Cream of tartar*, Vanilla…add later, Dipping chocolate. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Opera Creams

Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 12 Calories: 2613.6

Description

This French dessert features Sugar, Heavy cream, Cream of tartar*, Vanilla...add later, Dipping chocolate. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 2 tb corn syrup for softer candy.
  2. Combine sugar, cream & cream of tartar in a 3-qt.
  3. heavy saucepan.
  4. Cook ove low heat, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves.
  5. Cook to 236 deg..
  6. Watch carefully to avoid boiling over.
  7. If sugar crystals form on the side of pan, wipe them off.
  8. <<To prevent this problem, I place the lid on just as my candies start to boil, for 1 min..
  9. This washes the crystals down automatacally.>>
  10. Pour out onto marble slab ;
  11. let stand until lukewarm, about 5 - 10 min.
  12. Work like fondant, until creamy & light in color.
  13. Add vanilla & work into mix.
  14. Shape in pieces as desired.
  15. .
  16. Dip in melted chocolate

Nutrition Facts

Servings 12


Amount Per Serving
Calories 2613.6kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 103.0g159%
Saturated Fat 62.4g312%
Cholesterol 176.0mg59%
Sodium 54.1mg3%
Total Carbohydrate 414.4g139%
Dietary Fiber 17.2g69%
Sugars 393.8g
Protein 11.1g23%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: boiling, chocolate, cream, creams, creamsgt, dessert, dipping, french, heavy, later, ltfrench, opera, sugar, tartar, title, vanillaadd, vegetarian
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