Choc-walnut-Armagnac fudge

Name: Choc-walnut-Armagnac fudge
Yield: Makes about 50 minuscule rectangles
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 398 g tin sweetened condensed milk; 1 tbsp vanilla extract; 3-4 tbsp Armagnac; 500 g dark chocolate (about 70% cocoa solids), chopped; 125 g walnuts, toasted and roughly chopped

Preparation info

Makes about
50
minuscule rectangles

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Table in the Tarn

By Orlando Murrin

Published 2008

About

The requirement for an after-dinner chocolate or petit four at Raynaudes is that it be intense, exciting - and just one mouthful. This is all those things, as well as being relatively quick and easy to make. It keeps in the fridge for a couple of weeks, or you can freeze it.

Ingredients

500 g dark chocolate (about 70% cocoa solids), chopped
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

Europe
France
Dinner
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Chocolate

Method

Mix the chocolate in a bowl with the bicarb, then stir in the condensed milk, vanilla, 3 tbsp Armagnac and a pinch of salt. Put the bowl over a pan of just simmering water and stir constantly for 2-4 minutes until the chocolate is almost fully melted (but not completely).

Remove from heat and continue to stir for another 2-4 minutes until thick, smooth and glossy. If after this time the