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Burfee recipe

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Burfee recipe
Gluten and egg free recipe for Burfee - an Indian sweetmeat with almonds and cardamom.

Ingredients

500g full cream milk powder
155g tin cream
90g butter
25 ml sugar
3 1/2 cups icing sugar
1cup water
5ml crushed cardamom
5ml fine cardamom
125ml ground almonds

Directions

Mix powdered milk and cream together so that the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Rest mix overnight or for at least 5 hours

Put small amounts in a coffee grinder and process for about 40-60 sec. Keep doing this until all the mixture has been processed

Put in a dish, add both types of cardamom and ground almonds to mix

In a large enamel or waterless pot mix the 25 ml sugar and water and let the sugar dissolve

Put on heat and add butter, and when sugar and butter is well dissolved {after about 2 mins of boiling time} add the icing sugar and rose essence (if you choose to use this) until sugar is well dissolved {takes about 3-4 mins)

Switch off heat and quickly add the milk and almond mix. Mix well with a spoon til mixture is well mixed(should look like a thick cake batter)

Remove mix from stove and allow to cool in pot

Cover pot with lid and allow to rest for 12-15 hrs

Beat burfee mixture in a cake mixer for a few mins, it will now be light and creamy but firm enough to form into blocks or scoop with an ice cream scoop into rounds

Decorate with coloured almonds or however you want.

Difficulty

Intermediate
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Visitor comments

 
Please tell me what is full milk powder? (is it like carnation powdered milk?) also "tin cream" is this evaporated milk or must these be purchased at an Indian market? Also what gives the shimmery appearance on the top?

Thanks, Mare
Mare on 05/12/2010
 
Full milk powder is Klim Powder. Available at any supermarket.

Tin Cream is Nestle dessert Cream in the tin. also available at any supermarket :)
Priya on 08/25/2010
 
 

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