Recipe#3262

Title: Almond Roca

From: "Fred Towner" townerf@cyberlink.bc.ca 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Almond Roca 
 Date: 15 Jan 1999 06:33:53 -0700 
 Message-ID: <77ng41$kfd@llama.swcp.com> 

2 cups (1 pound) butter
 2 cups sugar
 1/2 cup whole almonds
 1 lg package chocolate chips
 1/2 cup Walnuts ground in a blender
 Melt butter over high heat.  Add sugar, stirring until it foams up
 well. Continue over high heat, adding almonds.  Continue to cook,
 stirring continually until mixture is color of mahogany and sugar
 is all melted. (Take it off the heat for a moment if it starts to
 smoke.) Stir as you take it off the heat permanently and pour
 quickly onto your biggest flat pan with sides.  Tilt to spread
 evenly.  After 5 minutes, pour on chocolate chips.  When they have
 melted a bit, spread them over the top of the hot mixture with a
 rubber scraper.  Scatter ground walnuts over the top, shaking to
 distribute evenly.  Candy is thoroughly cooled when the chocolate
 is dull looking. (Cool at least three hours at room temperature.)
 Break into pieces and it's ready to eat.  Store in air-tight
 container.