Ingredients
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2 cups walnut halves
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1/4 cup soy sauce
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3 tablespoons dark rum or 3 tablespoons sake
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1 garlic clove, crushed
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1 teaspoon ground ginger
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Tabasco sauce
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1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
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kosher salt
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2 -5 tablespoons Amaretto (or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract and 2 1/2 tsp. water) or 1 -3 tablespoon Amaretto, to taste (or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract and 2 1/2 tsp. water)
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2 tablespoons sesame oil
Instructions
- Line a jelly-roll pan with foil.
- Spread the nuts on the foil lined pan.
- Combine the remaining ingredients for the walnuts, except the kosher salt, in a saucepan and heat until the sugar is dissolved.
- Pour the sauce over the nuts, making sure to coat them well.
- Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes.
- Place the toasted nuts on lightly oiled foil and sprinkle with the salt if desired.
- Assembly: Add the Amaretto to the cream cheese and mix well.
- Place a teaspoon of the cheese on each apricot and top with a walnut.