Saturday, February 24, 2018

You Just Have To Love Gourmet Fudge

By Lisa Clark


Fudge is one of those desserts everyone loves. The good thing is that it is so easy to prepare that anyone can do it. It takes only a few minutes to make it, and an hour or two to cool it, and you will be ready to enjoy. Even a gourmet fudge isn't something you should be afraid of making, the only thing you should remember is not to overheat your chocolate.

So, you could start with this one. Take one cup sugar and melt it with a few spoons of water over low heat. It should become syrupy. Now it is the time to add three cups of your selected choco chips, dark, milk or white. When everything is melted and smooth, add some butter in, approximately half of a cup. Pour into previously lined pan and leave it to cool.

Another simple recipe requires one cup sweetened condensed milk, three cups choco chips and one cup peanut butter. That's all that you need. Simply melt your chocolate, combine with condensed milk, add peanut butter and pour this mixture into the pan. It's advisable to put a sheet of baking paper or foil into the pan first. Leave it all in the fridge for several hours and cut.

This basic peanut butter recipe can be combined with added crushed peanuts, for example, and it will also look really nice if you sprinkle the mixture with crushed peanuts while it is still warm. There are numerous recipes that include peanut butter, and with a good reason. It really tastes great in combination with chocolate.

Another ingredient that will taste great combined with chocolate is caramel. Pour two cups sugar into the pan and leave it on low heat to caramelize. Add one can condensed milk, unsweetened in this case, and stir. Combine with three cups previously melted dark chocolate. To make it all smoother, add one spoon of butter, or peanut butter, and add other ingredients of your choice, for example vanilla syrup, different nuts, dried fruit or something else.

As it was said before, you will need one can of condensed milk for approximately three cups of choco chips. The easiest thing to do is to melt these ingredients together in your microwave, and make this basic fudge. Now you can make different combinations, or simply pour it into your lined pan as it is. You could also pour different layers on, and sprinkle it all with decorative chocolate chips or nuts.

Your fudge doesn't have to be brown, if you use white chocolate instead you could have it in any color that you want. Use eatable colors to make different effects, or some intense colored ingredients, for example mint, pistachios, dried cherries or anything else you can think of.

Spice up your dessert with chili, this ingredient simply adores dark chocolate. If you use unsweetened milk and bitter dark choco chips, you should add more salt to make your mixture tastier. In any case, adding some salt is always a good idea, this will make all the flavors more intense.




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