Edible gift recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 12 mins; recipe has golden caster sugar, condensed milk, salted butter, vanilla bean paste and brandy.
Microwave boozy fudge
Course: Edible gift
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
5 mins
Ingredients
- Golden Caster Sugar: 400g golden caster sugar
- Vanilla Bean Paste: 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- Brandy: 2 tbsp coffee liqueur (or another alcohol of your choice - amaretto or brandy works well)
- Salted Butter: 140g salted butter, chopped into pieces
- Condensed Milk: 397g can condensed milk
Directions
- Grease and line a 20cm square baking tin with baking parchment. Put the sugar, condensed milk and butter in a large heatproof bowl (the mixture will bubble up as it cooks to roughly double its size), add a good pinch of salt and stir together.
- Heat the mixture in themicrowaveon High for 10 mins, stirring every 2-3 mins. Keep an eye on the mixture, as it will bubble up and may go over the sides of the bowl.
- Add the vanilla and liqueur to the mixture, whisk together and heat on High for another 2 mins. The mixture should be caramel-coloured and thickened. Scrape into the tin and set aside for 45 mins to 1 hr until cool and firm before cutting. Pack into a box and eat within 3 weeks.
