You can find the original recipe from Nigella Lawson here...and there is an option to convert from metric to cups! :-) www.nigella.com/recipes/chocolate-pistachio-fudge
Diane in Denmark for some reason I keep getting got utube warning & then Congratulations you won on my screen. Is it available somewhere else? Thank you Diane! I binge watch/listen when doing laundry or ironing!! Thank you for all your wonderful videos!!
Of course I remember life whitout internet..no mobile phone, just house phone. And you know what..it was not bad at all. Today you can not live whitout your mobile phone, internet..but it is becomeimng too much. Thank you for this video, you are just adorable person..hugs from Croatia😊
Great recipe I love Nigela This is specially good to give to all the teachers at Christmas time, in a little bag with a pretty ribbon it's always a hit. Really enjoying your recipes videos, sorry for not commenting all the time but appreciate it
I have made this 2x so far! Terrific and a great gift. I made it using sugar substitute Lakanto Monk Fruit which worked perfectly. I made my own condensed milk--using the Lakanto as well. It's not that hard! Next I hope to make it with coconut cream instead of condensed milk. The recipe makes a lot of fudge! Thank you so much. Love your channel.
Adding this to my shortbread/gingerbread gifting Diane! Perfect! And yes! Best of all EASY!! Yes... those days of carbon and manual typewriters weren't so long ago... technology has moved way too fast.. I remember having to hand draw all our architectural drawings on a massive drawing board and having to hunt down special printing stores to print out A1 paper... Oh boy and if you made a mistake... it was a nightmare.. not to mention the time it took to redraw... Well all computerised now... you don't even have to use maths to work out the scale and dimensions.. programs do it all for you... I had to get lessons as an adult to keep up with the times. I think our generation has seen it all... so many changes in lifestyle and work and family life.. Ok that was my chatter back to you Diane (hehe) Great pistachio trick Diane.. love pistachios straight from the shell and those stubborn shells do drive me batty! :) Love the "Big Ben" doorbell :) And the joy on your face whilst consuming your fudge piece said it all! LLAP! Helen :)
I love Nigella too (as my family could all tell you)! I have almost all her cookbooks and I watch her old Christmas shows every year (when I can find them). I have made her mini mince pies for a few years now and they are awesome! I also have made this fudge several times and it's a go to in our family. I like your spin on it and will have to try that next time I make it. Thank you for all your encouragement - you have really been a lifesaver for me. And if it makes you feel better - I am almost 55. We're just getting better with age dear.
Oh my word! This looks fantastic and is now on my holiday to do list🎄 40 years ago during our first married Christmas I tried to make fudge. It cooked it and boiled it, was worried it wasn’t “ soft ball” yet, so cooked it more. Poured it into a pan and into the fridge. When Dear Hubby came home I was so excited to give him so fudge. I dumped the block out and it was absolutely petrified! It could not be cut, or broken . I even tried a hammer , lol. Into the trash it went and is probably still a chocolate brick in a dump in Pennsylvania to this day. I have not made fudge since. Your recipe looks wonderful and I will try after 40 years😊
Diane-made this last night and it didn’t set in fridge. After couple hours I put it n the freezer. It’s delicious but mine didn’t cut cleanly like yours. My hands were a Chocolaty mess while handling. Should I have cooked it longer than the melting stage? I make pralines and other candies but we’re subtropical and I’m thinking I probably should have cooked the mixture a little longer. Anyone have any suggestions?
Folded my laundry while watching your fabulous video! And yes, as a secretary I went through all these revolutionary inventions in my bank office back in the days too!! Thanks for this great recipe, will try a vegan version!
What a fantastic video! I remember life before the internet! Phoning from the states to the UK all the time. Eventually, email became more widely available. I learnt to type on an old fashioned type writer!! The fudge looks delicious. Did you know if you scrunch up grease proof paper completely and then flatten it out again it makes it much easier to get into all the corners! X
Love your stories! Yes we had our own phone line but knew plenty with "party phone line" so funny! Even thou you are in different area of the world same memories! Loved the sound of a typewriter!
Love this video. Love fudge and will definitely be trying this one too. Great idea to add cranberries. It was so fun listening to you share about the typewriter. It brought back memories for me too. I went through the electric typewriter stages and boy the horrors of carbon copies. Then we got the typewriter that had a corrective ribbon built in. Oh happy day!! Ya life was suit and simple. Have a great day and enjoy your fudge.
Thank you for mentioning the option to convert the recipe. Here in the states both ounces and grams are listed on food packages but it’s much easier to have it the way I’m used to reading a recipe. This sounds delicious 😋
Hi! My little girl has just made your fudge. It's in the freezer right now. Please pop round for a cup of tea and to try it and let us know whether she did a good job. :-)
I'm going to try this recipe! I tried your cheese shortbreadbiscuits the other day - they were delicious. I noticed that your pistachios are from Lidl, I love Lidl!!!
I just made this and it is delicious! I used semi sweet chocolate. My daughters like it too, Hubby hasn’t tried it yet. Thanks for the recipe! ( we also loved your shortbread recipe!)
Hi Diane, I used to love watching Nigella on the Food Network! Did you ever try her brownies with a layer of cream cheese in the middle! To die for😘 Can't wait to make your fudge!
I remember the shared telephone with the house next door was called a party line. When I started work at 15 we used manual typewriters, they were great, with a ribbon of 2 colours top black bottom red, you would use the ribbon forever until you wore a hole in it then you would change it, you’d also have to clean the letters (keys) where they would get clogged up with fibres from the ribbon, you used a typewriter rubber/eraser instead of tippex. Great days.
Funny , my husband used to have some condensed milk with water too when he was a little baby ;) , it is written "gloria milk" in his health book ;)i learnt at school to write letter on a mechanic writer machine !!!
Love the look of this - teachers xmas gift im thinking. Also, i loved how you mentioned payroll flybabies - do you have any other videos specifically for working flybabies? Or have plans for such?
Hi Fallon, there are lots of tips in my 7 Days Routine challenge series - here's the link, hope that helps! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-75fDljwkFrk.html
In America a BIG Big Brand that is so Popular partly because it’s Grass Fed Cows ! Is Kerry Gold ! We’ve used it for YEARS ! Irish ! I Wonder if your Danish Kerry is the same brand just Danish made ?? We’ve not seen well, me here in America ! Makes me so want to try !!!!
Debra Lunnen I think Kerrygold is a brand name for the Irish dairy board. Kerry being a county in the south west of Ireland.. the brand is popular in the states.
Could anyone advise me re using rice cooker. I use half rice to water but my white basmati rice comes out over cooked. I follow instructions for rice cooker to just switch it on and when cooking light goes out to leave rice in the pot for 10 minutes. Any tips greatly appreciated. Keep up the Xmas cooking videos Diane, love them. Mandy, Northern Ireland )
Hi Mandy! Does your rice cooker have measurement markings on the inside of the cooking pot? With mine, I put in two measures of rice, then fill up the cooking pot with water to level 2. (Not half rice to water.) See if your rice cooker is the same and let me know if that helps!
Funny remember those days well. I had thrown carbon papers in the trash and my boss emptied his ashtray with his cigar in my basket and there was a lit ember and whoosh a fire. The overhead sprinkler system went off and we all looked lime drown rats.😂
Noooooooo, that is so funny, Jeanne! Oh, yes, the days when people smoked INDOORS! Incredible how things have changed...many of them for the better! LOL
That's great, thanks for your answer. I will try the recipe - it looks sounds really so easy...that someone like me (not a big kitchen-fan, hihihi) could do it!
Sweetened/condensed milk, chocolate and butter is the exact way I've been making fudge for years. No recipe given. Just a 'my mom made it like this' from like ten generations back from England somewhere.