Sesame and Peanut Brittle

Ingredients

2 cups of sesame seeds
2 cups peanuts
4 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp white vinegar

Method

1. Toast the peanuts and sesame seeds in the oven. 

2. Put the honey in a non-stick saucepan with the sugar and vinegar. When they have dissolved, add the roasted peanuts and sesame seeds to this mixture and stir continuously for 8 minutes with a wooden spoon. 

3. Lightly butter a plastic dish and spread the mixture and even it out. Then rub your rolling pin with butter and flatten the mixture in the dish, making an even slab. 

4. Then, butter a knife or pizza cutter and cut the brittle into squares.

Recipe Stars

Peanuts are a food source of resveratrol which has potent antioxidant properties implicated in reducing risk of cancer, cardiovascular and Alzheimer's disease.

Sesaminol, a compound found in sesame seeds, may help protect against Parkinson's disease by preventing neuronal damage and increasing dopamine production.

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