tablet

[grannie39]

Has anyone got a recipe for the 'Tablet cake' like the scottish people make, choc for preference, and what sort of a tin should i use? thanks.

[janbee]

must use condensed milk. It doesn't need a tin, you can use any sort of flat dish. It's A very SUGARY dish and VERY fattening but absolutely lovely. We lived on it as children.

[janbee]

I've never made a choc one but I've often used walnuts in it.

[20SilkCut]

Not sure what you mean by tablet cake...can you explain please? What's in it etc?

[janbee]

tin (14oz) condensed milk, 2lbs sugar,9oz butter. Put all into a pot and bring to boil SLOWLY, stirring at all times. After approx 30 mins and when sure ALL sugar is melted, remove from heat, and mix/whisk until sure all ok then put into a baking tray then leave to cool.

[janbee]

By the way, it's just called tablet not tablet cake. Good luck. Hope you enjoy it.

[20SilkCut]

thanks Janbee...i can imagine that chocolate and walnuts in it would be a nice addition....but very rich!!!

[janbee]

It also requires a visit to the dentist shortly afterwards as it finds EVERY little hole in your teeth.

[20SilkCut]

lol @ jan...think i'll give it a miss then...i'm already having problems with a crown that has fallen out - dont need any extra visits to the dentist :-(

[KenR]

The link attached is the one I usually direct folks towards to save me writing things out. It is almost identical to my family's recipe with the exception of vanilla sugar or a vanilla pod... like who in central belt or northern Scotland had access to such luxuries save for the last part of the last century? Few drops of vanilla essence is what we used. However even that is open to debate as neither my wife nor her family will have vanilla anywhere near it!
Trick is the final temp and the beating to a grain... if either are wrong it won't come out right. Also avoid any recipes that use more than a splash of milk to start the sugar off or (shudder) water. The recipe linked has tons of pics to help get everything right.
Seen walnut tablet for sure, chocolate however I don't think I could be convinced about! Media URL: http://scruss.com/tablet.html
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[sreejaa]

1. Melt the butter and sugar. Add the condensed milk and the teacup of milk.
2. Stir and turn up the heat and keep stirring until it reaches boiling point.
3. Turn the heat down low and stir for 45 minutes (chair and book optional!)





Scottish Tablet


Tablet Ingredients:


1 teacup of milk
Large tin of condensed milk
900g of sugar
100g of butter


The book The Scots Kitchen by F. Marian McNeill suggest using an enamelled saucepan when making Scots tablet. The Scots Kitchen also has tablet flavourings which include cinnamon, coconut, fig, ginger, lemon, orange, peppermint, vanilla and walnut and gives guidance on how to add these easily to your tablet recipe.




Maw Broon fae the Sunday Post has published a cookbook full of her favourite Scottish and family recipes. Read More About It!



Tablet Cooking Directions:


1. Melt the butter and sugar. Add the condensed milk and the teacup of milk.


2. Stir and turn up the heat and keep stirring until it reaches boiling point.






3. Turn the heat down low and stir for 45 minutes (chair and book optional!)



The book Nick Nairn's New Scottish Cookery suggests an optional ingredient of grated white chocolate.

Whilst the book Scots Cooking: The Best Traditional and Contemporary Scottish Recipes by Sue Lawrence suggests adding a teaspoon of pure vanilla essence to a tablet recipe.


tablet


4. Remove from the heat and beat 60 times with a wooden spoon. Put a wee bit on a plate and if it sets then it's ready to be put onto the shallow trays.


5. Score the tablet surface marking into squares and allow to set and get cold.