Fudge and family stuff

My brother in law just proposed to one of my best friends.  She said yes.  I am completely and utterly gobsmacked.  He is Paul and my eldest boy's godfather and she is Clodagh my eldest son's godmother!!!  They've known each other on and off since 1995 but only got together at Harry's communion this year.  Anyway, I am dead chuffed if a little teary.  I finally get a sister in law.

As for the fudge, here's the recipe.  It's a good one and very easy, the trick is a nonstick pot.

397g can Carnation Condensed Milk
150ml (¼pt) milk
450g (1lb) demerara sugar
115g (4oz) butter

Optional ingredients:

150g (5oz) glace cherries, halved and 55g (2oz) stem ginger, chopped

150g (5oz) dark chocolate chopped and 85g (3oz) toasted hazlenuts

150g (5oz) raisins soaked in 3tbsp rum (until they have absorbed the rum)

 

Method.

 

1.Grease and base line a 20cm (8”) square tin with baking parchment.

2.Heat the milks, sugar and butter in a large, non-stick saucepan over a low heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves completely. Bring to the boil and simmer over a low heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring continuously and scraping the base of the pan, until a soft ball of fudge is formed when a little of the mixture is dropped into a jug of ice-cold water.

3.Remove from the heat and beat the fudge until thick and grainy (about 10 minutes).

4.Gently stir in the remaining ingredients. Pour into the prepared tin and leave to cool before cutting into squares.