DARK CHOCOLATE BORDEAUX(LIKE SEE'S)
Source: The Homestead Way of Life, Dec. 6, 2005

Mine's dark chocolate bordeaux. Yum. I usually get a box of Sees from someone at Christmastime, but there's only a few kinds I like in the variety box. My kids usually clean it out before I can get too much of it anyway, which is probably a good thing.

Well, I'm just as excited as I can be! I decided to try making Penuche yesterday. This is like a brown sugar fudge. I added semi-sweet chocolate chips to the recipe. Holy Cow ladies! This tastes JUST like Sees bordeaux candy. I made myself sick on it. I never want another bordeaux again as long as I live. Well, at least not for a few days. But, now I can make it, instead of paying those astronomical Sees prices!

Here's the recipe:

1/4 cup butter
2 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
3/4 cup evaporated milk
2 TBS. light corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Spray an 8" square pan with pan spray. Set aside.

2. In a heavy 3 quart saucepan, melt butter. Add sugar, evaporated milk and corn syrup; stir well. Bring to a full, rolling boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.

3. Cover pan and continue boiling very gently over low heat for two minutes. Remove cover and scrape sides of pan with rubber scraper.

4. Continue boiling, uncovered, over low heat until mixture reaches 236'F on a candy thermometer. (It is not necessary to stir mixture during cooking time, though gently scraping sides of pan occasionally is desirable. DO NOT SCRAPE BOTTOM OF PAN.)

5. Pour mixture into a heat-proof bowl. Do not scrape sides and bottom of pan. Place candy thermometer in mixture. Place bowl in 1/2" of lukewarm water. Cool mixture to 110'F without stirring.

6. Add vanilla. Beat mixture until it thickens and starts to lose its gloss (note from Lisa: It doesn't really lose its gloss very much. I figured that out after 20 minutes of beating. Just beat it about 5 minutes. That should do it.) Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into greased pan. Cool until firm (the fridge does nicely). Cut into 1" squares. Store in covered container.

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Bordeax Candy (not See's recipe)
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