Day 5 - Making Fudge

I found this recipe on pinterest...check out my pinterest board here.

The lady who put up the recipe was testing the homecooker for Philips, and she sold this idea of doing fudge like this well.  Not having to stand over the pot stirring constantly because the cooker does it by it's self.




Well, I found, that if I made the recipe exactly as she said to, it didn't work.

All ingredients into the pot, temp set, timer set

Fudge at a rolling boil

  My fudge looked nothing like it!

Finished "set" fudge!!!

The "fudge i ended up with was more like a gooey toffee or something, inedible and with big butter swirls!!
So I thought I would give it another go, I really felt like it needed a proper beating, so I put it into a pot and remelted it, got the electric beaters out and went for it...

.... but part way through this process I got to thinking, maybe it is more about the boiling, maybe it is supposed to boil for a time and then it will set properly... but I didn't have time to do this right now as I was supposed to be at church in about 20 mins and was still in my pjs....

So I left it in the pot on the stove (turned off!)

When I came home the fudge did seem quite well set and right...but it was stuck in the pot and I couldn't get it out in nice pieces....

So I re-melted it....unfortunately, this time the bottom caught which gives it that interested "flame grilled" taste!  I didn't let that put me off and as soon as it melted I got the beaters in there gave it another go and this time tipped it into the cake tin to set.

It looks good. a little darker the take 2 and a lot darker than the picture... but it seemed to be the right consistency, so I tipped it out on to the cutting board.... unfortunately, I tried doing this with one hand as I was brushing my teeth with the other hand...and I dropped most of it on the floor... I saved it quickly and my pieces are more creatively cut...a knife was never used this time.... 

It tastes fine, with that flame grilled feeling.... and in retrospect I think I could make it again, but next time give it a proper beating with the electric beaters when the cooking is finished before pouring it into the tin.

Fudge = Success...in theory