Traditional Scottish Tablet
This one is for those with a sweet tooth. Scottish Tablet takes pride of place right between fudge and toffee on the confectionery scale. Tablet is harder than fudge and softer than toffee with its own unique texture and a wonderful flavour of buttery caramel deliciousness.
Having a Scottish mother-in-law, I had the perfect taste tester and there was more than a few batches made before this recipe was perfected. So this is my recipe for a quite simple, traditional Scottish confectionery.
SCOTTISH TABLET INGREDIENTS
- MILK: Full fat cow milk
- CONDENSED MILK: Use your favorite brand. I’ve tried a few and all finish with similar results.
- SUGAR: Granulated, caster sugar or golden caster. Here i used granulated sugar. it doesn’t matter which you use as long as you take the time to dissolve the sugar in the first step.
- BUTTER: Full fat salted or unsalted. I can’t tell any difference in the finished product.
- VANILLA EXTRACT: Use your favorite brand. Always use extract, never essence as essence is usually synthetic.
RECIPE
Traditional Scottish Tablet
Buttery caramel tablet. the sweet spot between fudge and toffee.
Ingredients
- 396 g condensed milk
- 230 ml full fat milk
- 1 kg sugar
- 100 g butter
- 0.5 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Tablet
- Add all ingredients to a large heavy base pan and set over a low heat.
- When all ingredients are melted, raise to a medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring frequently so as not to catch.
- Reduce to a simmer and continue to monitor the temperature using a sugar thermometer until the caramel reaches the softball temperature of 116-118 degC.
- When target temperature is reached, remove from heat and allow to cool slightly or until residual heat in the pan stops the simmer.
- Beat with a hand mixer until the caramel starts to thicken and can just be poured. For me, this is when the sugar starts to come away from the sides of the bowl.
- Pour into a paper lined tray or and allow to continue to cool.
- After 15 min. score and cut the tablet. If you score only and allow to cool, you will achieve the lovely grain structure when you break up the tablet.
- Once cooled completely, break into portions and store.