Crocant

Crocant
Característiques
País d'origen	Itàlia, República Popular de la Xina i França
Detalls
Tipus	confit
Ingredients principals	caramel i nou

El crocant és un tipus de llaminadura, normalment molt dura i trencadissa, que consisteix en trossos plans de caramel dur de sucre amb fruita seca incrustada, com pacanes i ametlles,^[1] si bé també pot emprar-se alguns llegums, com el cacauet.^[2]

Va ser inventat a la dècada del 1850 pel confiter Louis-Jules Bourumeau, a Nevers, esdevenint un símbol de la ciutat.^[3] Hi ha antecedents i variacions arreu del món,^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] també amb ingredients diferents.^[9]^[10]^[11]

↑ Chu, Anita. Field Guide to Candy: How to Identify and Make Virtually Every Candy Imaginable. Philadelphia: Quirk, 2009.
↑ Kate Hopkins. Sweet Tooth: The Bittersweet History of Candy. Macmillan, 2012, p. 34. ISBN 9781250011190 [Consulta: 11 abril 2013].
↑ OUYENA. edi8. Bonbons de toujours (en francès), 2015-10-15, p. 191. ISBN 978-2-324-01267-9.
↑ Dinah Corley. Gourmet Gifts: 100 Delicious Recipes for Every Occasion to Make Yourself & Wrap with Style. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011, p. 251. ISBN 978-1558324350.
↑ Lisa Abend. The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adrià's elBulli. Simon and Schuster, 2011, p. 82.
↑ «El origen de la palabra Palanqueta y La Fiesta del Maíz», 21-12-2015.
↑ Polistico, Edgie. Philippine Food, Cooking, & Dining Dictionary. Anvil Publishing, Inc., 2017. ISBN 9786214200870.
↑ «Peanut or Cheena Badam is popular outdoor leisure snack food in Bangladesh», 11-01-2011.
↑ Joel Denker. The World on a Plate: A Tour Through the History of America's Ethnic Cuisine. University of Nebraska Press, 2007, p. 33. ISBN 978-0803260146 [Consulta: 11 abril 2013]. «brittle pistachios middle east.»
↑ Olver, Lynne. «Brittle». The Food Timeline.
↑ Leela Punyaratabandhu «Goddesses and peanut brittle: This year, celebrate Songkran in supernatural style». CNN, 12-04-2011 [Consulta: 11 abril 2013].

[1] Chu, Anita. Field Guide to Candy: How to Identify and Make Virtually Every Candy Imaginable. Philadelphia: Quirk, 2009.

[2] Kate Hopkins. Sweet Tooth: The Bittersweet History of Candy. Macmillan, 2012, p. 34. ISBN 9781250011190 [Consulta: 11 abril 2013].

[3] OUYENA. edi8. Bonbons de toujours (en francès), 2015-10-15, p. 191. ISBN 978-2-324-01267-9.

[4] Dinah Corley. Gourmet Gifts: 100 Delicious Recipes for Every Occasion to Make Yourself & Wrap with Style. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011, p. 251. ISBN 978-1558324350.

[5] Lisa Abend. The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adrià's elBulli. Simon and Schuster, 2011, p. 82.

[6] «El origen de la palabra Palanqueta y La Fiesta del Maíz», 21-12-2015.

[Polistico-7] Polistico, Edgie. Philippine Food, Cooking, & Dining Dictionary. Anvil Publishing, Inc., 2017. ISBN 9786214200870.

[8] «Peanut or Cheena Badam is popular outdoor leisure snack food in Bangladesh», 11-01-2011.

[9] Joel Denker. The World on a Plate: A Tour Through the History of America's Ethnic Cuisine. University of Nebraska Press, 2007, p. 33. ISBN 978-0803260146 [Consulta: 11 abril 2013]. «brittle pistachios middle east.»

[10] Olver, Lynne. «Brittle». The Food Timeline.

[11] Leela Punyaratabandhu «Goddesses and peanut brittle: This year, celebrate Songkran in supernatural style». CNN, 12-04-2011 [Consulta: 11 abril 2013].

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