Fondant serves to glaze cakes, pastries and other pastries. But also called sweets that can be made at home. The recipe for glazing is very simple and does not require the use of a large number of products. Such fudge contains only sugar, water and a solution of citric acid. Let's take a closer look at how to make sugar fudge .
Sugar is poured into the pan, poured with hot water and stirred until the sugar is completely dissolved. Then this syrup is put on a strong fire and cooked without stirring. As soon as the syrup boils, you need to remove the formed foam from it. After that, cover the pan with a lid and cook the syrup until it thickens. Make sure that the syrup is not digested. Checking the syrup is very simple. You just need to take a cold wet spoon and put a small amount of syrup into it. Then dip the syrup spoon into a plate of cold water, then remove the syrup and try rolling a ball out of it. If the ball fails. and the syrup sticks to his hands, which means he is not ready yet.
When the syrup is boiled, a solution of citric acid is poured into it, everything is mixed and sprinkled with cold water. To obtain a solution, half a teaspoon of citric acid is dissolved in one teaspoon of hot water.
At the end, the syrup is allowed to cool to room temperature. After the syrup has cooled, it is whipped with a mixer or with a wooden stick until the syrup whitens.
In order for fudge to glaze pastries, they knead it with a spatula, warm it up a bit and stir constantly. Very often, some flavoring is added to the warmed fudge. The sugar fondant recipe is easy to remember and can often be used in the preparation of any baking.
Superbly delicious and airy fondant sweets can also be prepared at home, because it is very fast and simple. These sweets can be creamy, chocolate or just sugar. A fudge recipe is useful if you want to drink tea with something very tasty and sweet.
To make creamy sweets you will need cream, sugar and honey. Cream and sugar are mixed in a saucepan, put on fire and brought to a boil, stirring. The finished mass is poured into a mold and cooled. After the mass has cooled, it is pulled out of the mold, greased with honey and cut into squares.
To make sugar candies, you need water, sugar and a little 9% table vinegar. All ingredients are mixed and set on fire. Stirring occasionally, the mass is brought to a boil and boiled over low heat. After the mass is cooked, it must be cooled. The warm mixture is laid out on the table and kneading with your hands, like dough. Then a sausage is made from this mixture and cut into pieces. The candies are put in a bag and finally cooled in the refrigerator.
The recipe for chocolate fudge is also very simple, but these sweets are especially delicate and sweet. To make chocolate fudge, in addition to sugar, citric acid and water, you need black chocolate and a teaspoon of cocoa. Ten tablespoons of sugar are poured into the pan, hot water (0.8 cups) is added and stirred to completely dissolve the sugar. The solution is put on fire and brought to a boil. The foam is removed, and before the end of cooking, a solution of citric acid is added. The mixture is cooled and whipped. In general, everything is done the same way as in the preparation of sweets for glazing, but only after the syrup is turned into a white mass, it is mixed with cocoa and grated chocolate. The chocolate mixture is slightly warmed, and then laid out on a baking sheet. The resulting layer of 2 centimeters is leveled, cooled and cut into pieces. These sweets are served with tea and coffee.