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I made these Sweet Curried Pecans for a salad topping the other day. I snitched just one, you know, to make sure they were "right"? That one little bite got me thinking; that they'd also be wonderful as a snack (don't try to eat just one, not that I know from experience or anything like that), as a gift, a delightful ice cream sundae topper and/or with fresh fruit and yogurt.
Ever try a sprinkle of pecans on pizza? Pizza? Yup, nuts add a delightful, crisp crunch scattered on pizza just before popping in the oven.
I love using pecans on focaccia bread too. A scatter of these sweet curried pecans would add a fun, delicious twist in or atop any type of bread or rolls.
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Sweet Curried Pecans
Ingredients
- 8 ounces pecan halves
- 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander or finely crushed whole coriander
- sea salt or kosher salt
Instructions
- Line a sheet pan with foil. Spray liberally with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 325˚F.
- Melt butter in a medium size sauté pan. Add oil, honey, curry and coriander. Stir until spices are well combined and mixture is bubbly.
- Add pecans and continue to cook, stirring constantly until pecans are coated and most of the honey mixture has been absorbed.
- Turn pecans out onto a prepared sheet pan. Roast for 20-25 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes until deep golden brown. Watch pecans carefully during the last 5 minutes as they can easily turn from golden to burned in minutes. I've learned the hard way to always use a timer for nuts.
- When pecans are perfectly golden, remove from oven and stir again to separate. Sprinkle generously with salt and then stir again. Allow to cool on sheet pan, then transfer to an airtight container for storage.
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Another winner, great combination
Thanks so much, Claire! I'm glad you reminded me of these guys, I'd forgotten them 🙂
These looks awesome and turmeric is healthy also. Love it!
Hi Chris, another excellent snacks. Oh...my tummy is playing the drum now by looking at your delicious pecans. 🙂
Have a lovely week ahead,regards.
The pecans are so pretty--I can almost taste them! Looking forward to trying this soon. 🙂
I usually make my spiced nuts with olive oil, but I love that you used butter here. It will lend such a nice richness and a perfect pairing to the buttery texture of pecans. The curry is just lovely.
Pecans on pizza...love it! And love that gorgeous salad as well!
I love munching on nuts and love adding them to salads as well.
Spiced nuts are the best! So many variations out there and I've tried a lot but none with curry yet! Glad I came across these!
I love snacking on flavored nuts - these sound perfect!
What a shame I can't find pecans here. I'll probably have to order them online.
Great nuts to eat for snacking or on the salad like you have there. Going to have to try these ones out!
I am facinated by flavored nuts and yours sound simply perfect. With a salad - just divine!!! Pinning now!
I would love a handful of these curried nuts for a salad...can't wait for your salad recipe-just love a citrus dressing on a Winter salad;-)
Thanks Veronica! How about if you bake your lovely cakes and I'll make salad and we can have a wonderful balance. I'd gladly eat salad all week to have your cake on the weekend! 🙂 Hope your weekend is wonderful!
Chris
You make the BEST nuts, Chris! What a delightful addition to that stunning salad...but I'd also love to snack on them 🙂
These do sound so lovely! Chris your salads are just so involved and lovely, I wish I could come over so I could get in on that action. I have PTSD (lol not really) from a childhood of forced salad making slave labor and now I really dislike making salads. So how about I move in so we can have a ball together in the kitchen, you whipping up salads and me doing whatever you don't like to make, and we'll live happily ever after.
I love spicy pecans (or nuts of any kind). In fact I just made some the other day! These looks terrific, and so pretty! Thanks for this.
You are killing me with these sweet curry pecans! Fantastic clicks!
These would be yummy with popcorn too.
I agree that these would e delicious to serve just on their own.
I’ve never heard of pecan curry before! This looks so hearty and satisfying. So happy to have found your blog!
Three of my favorite flavors all together ... pecans, curry, honey. I have pecans in my freezer right now. Lucky me.
Fondly,
Glenda
We have a family gathering this week-end and I'm thinking this would be perfect for an evening snack while we all play cards and games...Thank you for sharing 😉
I adore spiced nuts - such great additions to so many dishes. I love how you've thrown them in a salad. Such a quick but big impact way to spice up simple greens!
Yummy! I am so addicted to flavored nuts! So good! Love that you used curry, nice change up to spiced nuts! Teh sald looks inviting!
You are right - I couldn't eat just one! I've made something similar a long time ago and served them with a spinach apple salad - so delicious.
Yummy, looks delicious! I sometimes use nuts on my pizza, it's crunchy and good!
oooohhh...
those look really good!
First thing first, these nuts looks amazing. I can't get enough of these sweet and salty treat!!!! And this salad, it is gorgeous!!!!
Oh Yum Chris!
Phil LOVES things like this and we buy jars of them at Target, but I just know yours are so much better!!!
I can hardly wait to try these. I think you will have another mouse in the kitchen!!!
Chris...I could think of a dozen ways to use these beautiful pecans (and I LOVE them on your salad...so pretty!). But I'm afraid they'd be gone before I could get a chance to top anything....they look that good!
Wow, gorgeous pecans! Looks like a great salad too-enjoy:@)
These sound so appealing. Also, in the winter months I always think of dried fruit like cranberries, and raisins to put on salads, but those blackberries are really tempting me. Putting those on my list.
I have everything to make these tomorrow! I'm so excited, thank you!
These pecans look so tasty, Chris! Love the sweet and spicy combo!
These look wonderful. I like to serve interestingly-spiced candied nuts at parties as a nibble (our last batch was mixed nuts with orange zest, honey and smoked paprika), so these puppies are right up my alley. Love that salad too... the blend of flavours sounds fantastic!