The Fudge that was...

For Christmas I decided to make fudge and turkish delights as gifts for the family. And thus my search for the bestest fudge online begins! I looked with google and found a variety of fudge recipes. Some ranging from using gelatin to marshmallows but I was looking for something closer to the original - which is just the basic recipe of chocolate and nut(s). I couldn't find any SO as to remain loyal to my food blog title i've decided to create my own fudge recipe using a variety of recipes put together.

VOILA!!!! BEST FUDGE LIKE EVER!!

Here I introduce to you B.F.E (Best Fudge of Everlasting). It's sinful and it's delightful and it sends you to heaven and back without risking your life... chocolate is a food group of its own didn't you know? :P


Anyway here's how the fudge looks like :>>



It tastes even better than it looks. I have never been a big fan of fudge but mostly because the fudges i had before were kinda dry and doesn't melt in your mouth like its suppose to. Now THIS fudge is the ONLY fudge I've tasted (and the only one i have made as well) that is soft, melts in your mouth and doesn't get dry even though you leave it out for hours.... i feel like i have landed on a gold mine because i am such a chocoholic!

So here's my recipe!

Ingredients:
22 oz of semi sweet chocolate chips (that's two 330g pack)
1 cup of chopped almonds
1/2 cup of nougat chopped up (chill it in the fridge after you chop em up)
4 cups of sugar
370 ml condensed milk
1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped and empty pods separated
1/4 cup milk

Method:

1. Mixed milk, condensed milk, sugar and empty vanilla pods in a big enough pot. Let it sit for 1 minute.

2. Gently stir the mixture over medium heat. Keep stirring and I'd recommend that you use a whisk to do this. Stir the mixture till it starts to boil and then lower the heat. Keep this up for 10 minutes. Becareful not to let it overflow as it might when it boils. Just lift the pot off the heat for it to settle (keep stirring at all times) and then put it on the heat again. Repeat if the mixture threatens to overflow.

3. After 10 minutes, fish out the vanilla pods and stir in the vanilla seeds that you've scraped out. Let it sit with the vanilla seeds in it on the stove while you prepare to assemble the dry stuff.

4. In a large bowl, combine the chocolate chips and the nuts first. Pour the hot mixture into the chocolate chips and nuts and mix well till the chocolate is all melted. Stir until mixture is as smooth as it can get then add your cold chopped up nougat in and stir real quick. You don't want to melt the nougat too much.

5. Pour it in a 10x14 inch pan or whatever you have at home that is lined with waxed paper. Let the fudge cool for 12 hours at least before you can savour those little heavenly pieces! :)


The secret to making this fudge excellent is the quality of chocolate AND the real vanilla pod used. Those vanilla essence just won't work as well, maybe the good and expensive vanilla essence might do but nothing compares to the pods i think. It's something worth investing for - I would love to get myself a vanilla orchid plant if i can get my hands on them without blowing my bank acct a hole....

Yea, i didn't forget the turkish delights. Definitely worth a post of its own! :)