CHOCOLATE FUDGE  RECIPE BY

KIRSTEN TIBBALLS
Both delicious and simple, this chocolate fudge has a lovely smooth texture and rich
flavour with subtle hints of vanilla.


BEGINNER

FUDGE
25 MINS

CREATED WITH ENTREMET SQUARE 160 X 160

MAKES 40

CHOCOLATE FUDGE
METHOD
INGREDIENTS

350g (12.35oz) fresh cream 35% fat In a saucepan, bring the cream with the cut and scraped vanilla
2 Heilala vanilla bean beans to boiling point. Remove from the heat and keep warm.
50g (1.76oz) water Cook the water, caster sugar, brown sugar and glucose to
200g (7.05oz) caster (superfine) sugar 145°C in a large pot. If you don't have a thermometer take a
50g (1.76oz) brown sugar small amount of the sugar syrup with a teaspoon and drop it
70g (2.47oz) liquid glucose into a bowl of chilled water. When it reaches 145°C it will sep-
250g (8.82oz) unsalted butter arate when it hits the water into hard, but pliable, threads that
30g (1.06oz) golden syrup will bend slightly before breaking. Stop the sugar cooking at this
5g (0.18oz) sea salt stage by whisking in by hand the butter, golden syrup and then
3g (0.11oz) bicarbonate soda the warm liquid cream (to prevent the temperature of the sugar
50g (1.76oz) Callebaut 823NV milk from dropping below 110°C pour in the cream in two or three
couverture 33.6% stages). Add in the salt and bicarbonate soda. Reheat the mix-
150g (5.29oz) Callebaut 811 dark couverture ture, while stirring, to 119°C. To test when the mixture reaches
54.5% 119°C drop a small amount into a bowl of chilled water and it
should be a firm but pliable texture. Once you reach 119°C,
remove from the heat and whisk in the couverture, stiring vigor-
EQUIPMENT ously to ensure that the sugar crystalises to create a fudge.

entremet square 160 x 160mm Grease a 160mm x 160mm square frame or tin by
digital thermometer spraying it with vegetable oil. Pour the fudge into the
baking paper prepared frame on a lined tray. Leave to set at room
aluminium baking tray temperature. Once set, cut with a slightly oiled knife into individ-
silpat baking mat ual squares.

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