Vanilla Fudge

Name: Vanilla Fudge
Yield: Makes about 1 kg/2¼ lb
Ingredients: 300 ml/½ pint/1¼ cups full-fat (whole) milk; ½ vanilla pod (bean), seeds scraped; ½ vanilla pod (bean), seeds scraped; 900 g/2 lb/4½ cups caster (superfine) sugar; 125 g/4¼ oz/generous ½ cup unsalted butter, cut into 1cm/½ in cubes, plus extra for greasing; 10 ml/2 tsp vanilla extract; tiny pinch of salt

Preparation info

Makes about
1
kg

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home-made Sweets & Candies

By Claire Ptak

Published 2022

About

This classic recipe makes a delicious and simple fudge, which can be used as the base for a variety of different flavours. The beating of the mixture gives it its typical grainy texture. If you want the grains to be larger, stir the fudge when it is hotter. Letting the fudge cool down before you work it will result in finer grains.

Ingredients

300 ml/½ pint/1¼ cups full-fat (whole) milk
½

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Grease a 20cm/8in square baking tin (pan) and line with baking parchment or waxed paper. Prepare an ice-water bath.
Put the milk, scraped vanilla seeds and pod, sugar and butter in a large, heavy pan and cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves.

Energy 4665kcal/19743kJ; Protein 15g; Carbohydrate 955g, of which sugars 955g; Fat 114g, of which saturates 75g; Cholesterol 330mg; Calcium 841mg; Fibre 0g; Sodium 1157mg