irish yellow man

Name: Irish Yellow Man
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 1 - oz butter; 8 - oz brown sugar; 1 - lb golden syrup; 1 - dessert spoon water; 1 - teaspoon vinegar; 1 - teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

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Baby Kato

Beautiful Shore Country, NB

Updated on Jul 17, 2015

This recipe is posted for play in Culinary Quest - Ireland. This recipe was posted on website: http://www.yourirish.com “Did you treat your Mary Anne to Yellow Man, at the Lammas Fair, O?” Lammas is the harvest festival celebrated in August and Yellow Man is a yellow, brittle toffee that is traditionally served at the Lammas Fair held in Co. Antrim. My French-Canadian/Irish mom use to make this for us... it's wonderful.

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prep time 5 Min

cook time 20 Min

method Stove Top

yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 - oz butter
8 - oz brown sugar
1 - lb golden syrup
1 - dessert spoon water
1 - teaspoon vinegar
1 - teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

How To Make irish yellow man

Step 1

Melt the butter in a saucepan, and then add the sugar, golden syrup, water and vinegar.

Step 2

Stir until all the ingredients are melted, then boil until the mixture reaches the ‘hard crack’ stage 290 degrees F.
Step 3

This can be tested by dropping a little of the mixture into cold water, leaving for a moment, and then picking it up between the finger and thumb. When the finger and thumb are separated, the thread formed between them should break sharply.
Step 4

Stir in the bicarbonate of soda, when the mixture foams up pour onto a greased, heatproof tray, turning in the edges with a palette knife.
Step 5

When cool enough to handle, pull with buttered hands until pale in color.
Step 6

When completely hardened, break into rough pieces.
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