Fudge!

Finally! I have tried and tried and tried to do this "knäck", the fudge-like Christmas delicacy four times now. And whaddayaknow, four times lucky.

Somehow it didn't work before, and I was blaming ze Swiss ingredient, because I did as I remembered it from when I was a kid and used to do it with Mum. I think my memory perhaps was a bit clouded.

Now I know the trick, apart from using a big-bottomed pan, it has to cook at a high temperature, and it has to be taken from the pan, clicked into little forms at the exact time. Which is difficult, 'cause it's sticky, sticks to the spoon, and you have to move quickly.

You can see from the pic that I tried when it wasn't quite done, those are lighter.

Anyway, now it's done and I think it's not called patience, it's called persistence and stubbornness. No way was I gonna admit I couldn't do it!