Indian-Spiced Cashews and Pistachios with Currants

Name: Indian-Spiced Cashews and Pistachios with Currants
Yield: Serves 8 (Makes about 2 cups)
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups, raw cashews (6 ounces); 1/2 cup, raw unsalted shelled pistachios (2 ounces); 2 tablespoons, currants; 1 tablespoon, granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon, kosher salt; 1 teaspoon, curry powder; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cumin; 1/4 teaspoon, ground coriander; 2 tablespoons, water; 1 teaspoon, light brown sugar or dark brown sugar; 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1999

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SERVES8 (Makes about 2 cups)

TIME45 minutes, plus 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

While developing a tasty but neat spiced nuts recipe, we eliminated two popular methods—boiling the nuts in syrup and tossing them in butter—straight off. The former made the nuts sticky, and the latter dulled their flavor. A third method, ...

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