Recipe & Food styling: Mary Cadogan Prop styling: Stuart Ovenden Find the recipe here

I've been raiding the Christmas nut bowl again, like some kind of new year squirrel. The fridge rattles with "Class of Xmas '11...

220g Granulated sugar 110ml Water 25g Butter 1/2tsp Cider vinegar 1/2tsp Cayenne pepper 1 Star anise A handful of chopped mixed nuts It'...