Penuche Fudge

Name: Penuche Fudge
Yield: Makes about 675 g/1½ lb
Ingredients: 400 g/14 oz/1¾ cups soft dark brown sugar; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/scant ½ cup golden (light corn) syrup; 225 ml/7½ fl oz/scant 1 cup double (heavy) cream; 50 g/2 oz/4 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into 1cm/½ in cubes, plus extra for greasing; 200 g/7 oz/1¼ cups walnuts, chopped; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp vanilla extract

Preparation info

Makes about
675
g

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home-made Sweets & Candies

By Claire Ptak

Published 2022

About

This is an old-fashioned fudge in which the key ingredient is brown, or raw, sugar (in Spanish, panocha means raw sugar). You can experiment with different raw and brown sugars until you find the taste you like best. The sugar is what gives the fudge its signature caramel taste.

Ingredients

400 g/14 oz/1¾ cups soft dark brown sugar
100

Dessert
Condiment
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Confectionery

Method

Grease a 20cm/8in square baking tin (pan) and line with baking parchment or waxed paper. Prepare an ice-water bath.
Put the sugar, golden syrup, cream and butter in a large, heavy pan and cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly, until the s

Energy 4611kcal/19281kJ; Protein 34g; Carbohydrate 495g, of which sugars 493g; Fat 299g, of which saturates 113g; Cholesterol 423mg; Calcium 546mg; Fibre 12g; Sodium 1463mg