Nigella Lawson Easy Chocolate Pistachio Fudge Recipes

NIGELLA LAWSON EASY CHOCOLATE PISTACHIO FUDGE

Steps:

• Line a 23cm/9 inch square pan with foil and grease lightly -- I use the spray. Scatter nuts on the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Place the chocolate, condensed milk, butter and salt in a glass bowl and microwave on MED(50%) for about 4 minutes. Stir every minute until just melted.
• Pour the mixture on top of the nuts. You can smooth the top, if you want it to look tidy.
• Nigella recommends to let the fudge cool in the fridge til set, but I put it directly in the freezer. (So I can eat it sooner!) It can be eaten directly from the freezer, as it doesn't freeze hard.
• Cut into 2cm x 3cm pieces. Very rich and satisfying!

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE SUNDAE

Steps:

• Put all the sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, and peanut butter into a saucepan and put it on the heat to melt, stirring occasionally. In about 2 minutes you should have your sauce ready. When everything has melted add 3 to 4 tablespoons of boiling water to thin the sauce.
• Get out 4 sundae glasses and put a scoop of toffee or caramel ice cream in each, followed by 1 of the chocolate and then another of vanilla.
• Pour over some chocolate peanut butter fudge sauce and sprinkle with salted peanuts.
• Stick a chocolate cigar cookie in each sundae glass, hand them round and wait for people to weep with gratitude.

CHOCOLATE PISTACHIO FUDGE

Steps:

• Melt the chopped chocolate, condensed milk and salt in a heavy based pan on a low heat.
• Put the nuts into a freezer bag and bash them with a rolling pin, until broken up into both big and little pieces.
• Add the nuts to the melted chocolate and condensed milk and stir well to mix.
• Pour this mixture into a 9-inch square foil tray, smoothing the top.
• Let the fudge cool and then refrigerate until set. You can then cut into small pieces approximately 3/4 by 1 3/4 inches or cutting 8 by 8 lines in the tin to give 64 pieces.
• Once cut you can keep it in the freezer, no need to thaw just eat straight away.

VANILLA FUDGE

Steps:

• Fill a small bowl or jug with ice cold water and put near the stove. Grease a tin of approx. 30 x 20cm / 12 x 8 inch or 25cm / 10 inch square, or use a throwaway foil tin, as I have in the picture. Put all the ingredients, apart from the vanilla, into a large, heavy bottomed pan and bring to the boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 12-20 minutes, still stirring all the time, until the mixture is golden and, when a bit is dropped into the water, it turns solid but still squidgy, i.e., till soft-ball stage (see intro). How long this takes depends on how ferociously it bubbles as well as on the properties and dimensions of the pan. This is hot work! When the fudge is at soft-ball stage, very carefully remove the pan from the stove and stir in the vanilla. Preferably using an electric whisk beat for about five minutes, by which time the fudge will have thickened to the texture of stiff peanut butter - this is quite steamy and strenuous - and pour and push into the prepared tin. Smooth the top as well as you can. Put in the fridge to cool, but don't keep it there for more than 2 hours, or it will set too hard, then remove and using a sharp knife, cut into squares. This is not a geometrically accurate term, as you can see from my cutting skills.