Credit: Nadiya's Kitchen by Nadiya Hussain (Penguin, HB, £20)
"The first time I had peanut brittle was when my eldest sister, Jasmin, passed her GCSEs, and my dad’s friend bought her this tiny, unassuming bag of peanut brittle tied up with maroon ribbon. The funny thing is she hates peanuts – in fact, she detests nuts of any kind – so it was a jackpot for the rest of us. We held back until my dad’s friend left, but that was it. The peanut brittle was gone before he’d reached the front gate. (Bear in mind that we lived in a terraced house with a sliver of a front garden.) Then I didn’t eat brittle again until I made it a few years ago – and this is my variation of the classic, with black sesame for added drama and nuttiness, and a hint of ginger." (Nadiya Hussain)
Makes 25 pieces