Make the Best Fudge Ever
By Jeff D McQueen
Who doesn”t love fudge? Everybody loves it. It”s a kind of comfort food and it”s not really hard to prepare. There are different kinds of fudge that you can try and experiment making. If you don”t already know of a great fudge recipe, you might like to try the net and search it for the really good ones. For sure, there will be lots of them all over the net.
When you”re searching online, do check out lots of sites before deciding on the recipe that you”re going to be making. Or if you don”t really like to go online, then try and ask your family or friends if they know of any really good fudge recipes
Before preparing fudge for a party, you might like to test out several different kinds of recipes before deciding on which one to serve at your party. You could also make different kinds of fudge then decide so that you”d be able to compare the flavors.
Lots of people want nuts inside their fudge but others don”t so take this into consideration also when making fudge for parties. Don”t be afraid to prepare lots of batches of fudge because for sure you”ll always find lots of people willing to eat them up.
So do go out and experiment with different kinds of fudge as well as experimenting different variations of the basic choco fudge. Be creative and don”t limit yourself. Below I”d like to share 1 of the very best recipes I have in my files for great fudge.
Ingredients
675g Caster Sugar
500ml Double Cream
50g Butter
1 Handful of White Chocolate
1 tsp of Glucose (This IS NOT essential but does add a more complex structure and texture to the fudge! If you can get it…GET IT!)
1 Vanilla Pod – also optional but gives the fudge a beautiful smell and wonderful speckled appearance from the Vanilla seeds!
Put all ingredients except the White Chocolate into a heavy saucepan! For the Vanilla pod, lay it flat on chopping board, and run a sharp knife down the center of the pod, split the pod in two and scrape out the hundreds of moist dense seeds from each half, add to the mixture!
Grease and Line a baking tin ready to pour fudge in once cooled!). Place saucepan on a VERY VERY low heat for the beginning stage! (You need to dissolve all the sugar crystals before it comes to the boil! Look for a smooth liquid texture without any Graininess at all!)
Once sugar is dissolved, and you get beautiful buttery, creamy golden sugar syrup, Increase the heat until it comes to Rapid Boil! (Don”t be afraid! but DONT you DARE take your eyes and attention of it NOW! Keep stirring constantly or that cream will burn at the bottom of your pan and ruin your beautiful Fudge!
Continue to boil and stir for 15-18 minutes!
Now many of you will NOT know what a ”Soft Ball stage” is, so we are going to call this the ”Beautiful Golden Thick Honey Stage! It will be approximately between 112 -115degreesC, the ”Soft Ball stage” if you”ve followed my advice, just check if it”s all reduced, A Deep Golden color, Thick yet smooth like Set Honey.
Remove Fudge from heat once you feel you got the Beautiful Golden Thick Honey Syrup and put to one side! Have a rest..You”ve earned it!
You”ll need a Cake/Pastry Mixer or you could do this by hand with whisk and bowl! Pour fudge into mixer or bowl and begin to beat! (People forget this! Usually they just simply pour the fudge into tray and cool once cooked! This is WRONG! You need to cool the fudge slowly all the while beating it to give it that wonderful Smooth yet Crystalline texture!)
Cooling/Beating should take at least 10-15 min, all the while you”ll see your fudge come into life as it begins to cool! About 5 minutes into the Cooling process, add the handful of White Chocolate while the fudge is hot enough to incorporate but not TOO hot to burn the Chocolate! (White Chocolate is very delicate and subtle!).
Now it should be getting quite cool by now before it starts completely setting, spoon/spatula the fudge mixture into your pre grease proofed tin and smooth out so the mix lies flat (or you could try and experiment with bread tins etc for different shapes.
Relax! Sit back and enjoy! Leave to cool out of the sunlight for at least 4-6 hours, (its best 36hrs after and lasts in perfection for 5-7 days after making!) Enjoy your fudge
About The Author
Jeff is a food fanatic! You can check out his very popular Fudge Recipes
website where he shares some of his Fudge Brownie Recipes and
Fudge Cake Recipes