Spiced Pecans In Chocolate

This makes a lovely home made gift.

Gift box it for a festive present.

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Ingredients:
For the chocolate:
200g milk chocolate
200g dark chocolate
200g white chocolate
75g butter

For the spiced Pecans:
100g butter
125ml Muscovado sugar
2.5ml cayenne pepper
2.5ml ground clove
5ml cinnamon
200g pecan nuts
Fruit such as dried cranberries, blueberries, raisins, glace cherries or crystallised ginger.

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180C.
Melt the chocolate in three separate bowls over hot water. To each bowl of chocolate, add 25g butter and mix into the chocolate.
Melt 100g butter in a pan and add the Muscovado sugar. Add the spices and simmer gently until a caramel forms. Add the pecan nuts and mix into the caramel.
Prepare a baking tray, lined with baking paper. Spread the nut caramel in a flat layer on the pan.
Bake for 6 minutes in the oven, 180C, to dry the nuts.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
Pour each of the chocolate melts over the tray of nuts randomly. When the chocolate is all poured on, spread so that the tray is all covered and the nuts are evenly spread out. The chocolate will be a little marbled. Try not to mix the different chocolates too much.
Sprinkle over fruits such as dried cranberries, blueberries, raisins, glace cherries or crystallised ginger.
Allow to set before removing from the tray. Break into pieces.