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Chestnut Milktea Fudge

Submitted by: Samantha Scott

The smell of the chestnut tea immediately put me in mind of sweet milk teas, the kind you often get with boba pearls at the bottom and you drink it with this enormous straw. Well, this fudge doesn't have the pearls, but it's creamy and smooth and sweet and tastes just like a little slice of milk tea! Delicate flavoring, and so decadent.

Prep Time: around 1 hour, total
Serving Size: ~30 peices

Ingredients

1 cup heavy cream
1 Tbsp Chestnut Black Tea
2 cups sugar
1 stick salted butter
1 Tbsp light corn syrup
½ tsp vanilla extract

Directions
Heat cream gently (I used the microwave) and add the loose tea. Leave to steep 15min, then strain into a heavy saucepan.
Add sugar, butter, and corn syrup to the cream and heat over medium-high heat till butter melts and sugar dissolves. Stir often till smooth. Once it starts boiling, stop all stirring! Lower heat to medium and cook until mixture reaches 110°C (around 238°F or soft ball). Stick around while it boils - sugar can be quite temperamental!
Remove pan from the heat and stir in vanilla, set pot aside to cool with the thermometer still in place (or back in place if you moved it to stir) and let cool to 110°F (around 43°C) .
Once cooled, beat fudge with a wooden spoon until creamy and less glossy. Pour the fudge into a papered and buttered 8 x 8 baking pan and let it finish cooling completely (should get firm but not hard) before cutting into small pieces. A board chop wrapped in wax paper is handy for this. Enjoy!