Everyone loves fudge, but despite being really easy to make, we all seem to buy it. You can add flavourings other than vanilla if you want but may need to adjust the measurements to ensure it'll set - Southern Comfort fudge is gorgeous...
Cooking Time
| Prep |
Cooking |
Total |
| 10 mins |
20 mins |
30 mins |
Ingredients
- 1/2 pint milk
- 350g caster sugar
- 100g butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or 35 ml of Galliano (add 25g butter)
Method
- Grease a square cake tin (about 6 inch)
- Put the milk, sugar and butter in a heavy-based saucepan.
- Heat slowly, stirring constantly, until the sugar has dissolved and the butter melted
- Bring to the boil and boil for 15-20 minutes, stirring constantly
- When the mixture 115C on a sugar thermometer, remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract/Galliano Leave to cool for 5 minutes
- Beat the mixture with a spoon for a few minutes until it starts to thicken and the gloss disappears
- Pour into the tin and leave to set at room temperature (do not put in the fridge - it goes weird)
- Once set, cut the fudge into small squares and store in a sealed container