Caramelized Popcorn à la Fleur de Sel
Ingredients
1 cup of popcorn kernels
1/3 cup whole almonds, crushed in food processor
2 teaspoons fleur de sel
2 cups sugar
4 tablespoons water
1 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
Add 1 tablespoon oil and corn kernels to a pot, and pop the corn over medium heat, rotating constantly.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Toast almonds in oven at 300 degrees F until they turn light brown.
Mix together the toasted almonds, popcorn and fleur de sel.
In a small pot, mix sugar and a teaspoon of water until sugar is moistened.
Over low heat let mixture come to a boil, while continuously stirring and scraping the bottom of pan.
Once caramelized, dilute with the remaining water. Drizzle over popcorn.
