Sunday 20 November 2011

Chocolate Peanut Fudge

200 gms Unsalted Peanuts
100 gms Unsalted Butter
400 gms Caster Sugar
250 mls  Milk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
1 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder
Preheat an oven to 180 degrees and toast the peanuts on a baking sheet until golden brown,remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
meanwhile lightly coat a small square cake tin with a little butter.
Heat the sugar,milk,vanilla,cocoa and a pinch of salt in a saucepan over a medium heat,stirring until the mixture is smooth and sugar has dissolved,bring to the boil and cook further until the mix reaches a temperature of 120 degrees,which should take about 20 minutes,remove from the heat and quickly stir in the butter,fold in the peanuts and pour into the prepared cake tin.
Allow to cool to room temperature and then cut into the desired size and serve.

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