Yep! It’s salted caramel again.
This yummy fudge is really simple to make and great as a homemade gift, or as a sweet addition to your next gathering.
I made two batches this week, one as a part of a housewarming present for some work friends and another split between two of my good friends for their birthdays. It was very well received in all cases and had some excellent reviews!
The fudge itself has very few ingredients- sweetened condensed milk, butter, muscovado sugar, vanilla and sea salt. I like to decorate it and add to the flavour with a few different toppings- I’ll suggest a few below, but definitely feel free to leave it plain or sprinkle with some extra salt flakes.
You’ll need:
- 395g can of sweetened condensed milk
- 80g butter
- 150g light muscovado sugar (or light brown sugar)
- seeds of 1 vanilla bean or 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1/2 tsp sea salt or Himalayan pink salt
- freeze dried raspberries, crystallised violets, crumbled walnuts, edible glitter, cacao nibs etc
Method
1. Place the sweetened condensed milk, sugar, vanilla and butter in a large (preferrably non stick) pan. Fill a glass with iced water to use to test the fudge and place a large piece of baking paper on the bench.
2. Stir mixture with a wooden spoon over medium heat until the butter is melted and the sugar is dissolved.
3. Slowly bring the mixture to a rolling boil, stirring constantly for around ten minutes. Turn off the heat and allow to cool for five minutes.
4. Add half of the sea salt (and some glitter if you’d like to) to the cooled mixture and begin stirring again. I place my pan on a teatowel on the bench so that it doesn’t move around, as the mixture becomes quite stiff. Stir as briskly as you can for around eight to ten minutes- you’ll notice the texture change and thicken as you go.
5. Drop a small piece of fudge into the glass of water- you want it to drop to the bottom of the glass and make a soft ball or teardrop shape.
6. Spoon the thickened mixture onto the prepared baking paper and spread out with the back of a metal spoon. Even it out with a rolling pin until you have a nice rectangle of around 1cm thickness.
7. Press your chosen toppings into the fudge slightly and leave to cool completely.
8. Cut the cooled fudge into squares. Store in an airtight container or jar.
told you it was easy! I hope you’ll give it a try at home.
I’d love to hear about your cooking and baking inventions if you’d like to leave me a comment below.
Perhaps you can tell me what you’d like to see next? I’m thinking something with passion fruit to capture a last taste of summer…
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