Ultimate Fudge
- 45 mins
- Makes 60 Pieces
Ingredients
- 397g can Carnation Condensed Milk
- 150ml (¼pt) milk
- 450g (1lb) demerara sugar
- 115g (4oz) butter
Optional ingredients:
- 150g (5oz) glace cherries, halved and 55g (2oz) stem ginger, chopped
- 150g (5oz) dark chocolate chopped and 85g (3oz) toasted hazlenuts
- 150g (5oz) raisins soaked in 3tbsp rum (until they have absorbed the rum)
Method
- Grease and base line a 20cm (8”) square tin with baking parchment.
- Heat the milks, sugar and butter in a large, non-stick saucepan over a low heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves completely. Bring to the boil and simmer over a low heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring continuously and scraping the base of the pan, until a soft ball of fudge is formed when a little of the mixture is dropped into a jug of ice-cold water.
- Remove from the heat and beat the fudge until thick and grainy (about 10 minutes).
- Gently stir in the remaining ingredients. Pour into the prepared tin and leave to cool before cutting into squares.
Two pieces of fudge typically contain
-
Calories
- 133
- 7%
-
Sugars
- 23.3g
- 26%
-
Fats
- 4.3g
- 6%
-
Saturates
- 2.7g
- 14%
-
Salt
- 0.1g
- 1%
of an adult's guideline daily amount*
* GDAs are guidelines. Personal requirements vary
depending on age, gender, weight and activity levels.