Sugar Spiced Nuts

There are many dishes we serve at DM Cuisine that can easily qualify as "Signature Dishes". Certainly the Caramel Glazed Baked Brie is one, Smoked Salmon in Dill Crepes another.... Then there's the Chocolate Budino Cake, Truffled Wild Mushroom Lasagna, and of course Le Croquembouche!

And there aren't many parties which are not graced with a bowl or three of Spiced Mixed Nuts. The version we serve most often is a mix of sugar, salt and spices that verge on addictive. True story, we have one client who has forbidden then to be served in his company because he can't control himself around DM's Sugar Spiced Nuts!

So here's the recipe for you to make at home. We can take no responsibility for uncontrolled consumption.

Sugar Spiced Nuts

1 egg white
1 Tablespoon Water
1 pound raw nuts (whole almonds, pecan or walnut halves (or unsalted mixed nuts)
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
3/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Beat egg white with water until frothy. Combine with nuts and let drain in a sieve for 2 minutes.
Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl. Put nuts and sugar-spice mix in a large bag and shake vigorously to coat nuts well. Scatter on a large baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and toss nuts with a spatula. Lower oven temperature to 225 degrees and return nuts to oven. Bake one hour longer, tossing the nuts every 20 minutes or so,until nuts are crisp. Cool and store in an air tight container or freeze.