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Cookery Class - Step by Step
Vanilla fudge from Ideas
Fudge was invented in the United States about 100 years ago. The exact origin is in dispute but most stories say that the first batch of fudge was the result of caramel toffees having gone wrong.
Ironically, messing up fudge is one of the easiest baking mistakes to make.
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Ingredients
800 g
sugar
100 g
butter
250 ml
milk
1
pinch of salt
1
x 397 g can sweetened condensed milk
10 ml
vanilla extract
Place the sugar, butter, milk and saltin a saucepan and heat slowly, without boiling, while stirring with a wooden spoon until all the sugar has dissolved. Wash down the sugar crystals from the sides of the saucepan using a pastry brush dipped in clean water.
Step 2
Stir in the condensed milk and bring it to boiling point.
Step 3
Reduce the heat and allow it to boil slowly until it reaches soft ball stage (115?C on a sugar thermometer). This should take approximately 35 to 45 minutes. To test if it is ready, drop a teaspoonful of the mixture into a glass of cold water. If the mixture can be shaped into a soft ball, it is ready.
Step 4
Remove the saucepan from the heat and place it in cold water in order to stop the temperature from increasing. Stir in the vanilla extract.
Step 5
Allow the mixture to cool down to 60?C. Suspend the sugar thermometer in the saucepan so that it does not touch the bottom or the sides of the saucepan. Once the temperature has been reduced, use an electric beater and beat until the mixture is thick and creamy.
