Sa Lone style Butter scotch candy

Homemade Butter Scotch Candy

Good Evening guys! I hope you all had a splendid weekend. Today is one of those days I feel nostalgic and have a sweet tooth. What best way to curb this craving than whip up some homemade butter scotch. Butter scotch is a popular treat to have as a snack when that sweet tooth carving kicks in. Growing up in Sierra Leone this snack was a lunch and after school treat that I enjoyed indulging in with no guilt.

Preparing butter scotch is every simple and easy. You only need two ingredients butter and sweetened condensed milk. The only tricky bit is the moulding stage. You have to be quick at moulding the candy into mini balls before it hardens up.  You have a window of about 10 to 15 minutes.

Ingredients

1.      150 g unsalted butter

2.      379 g of sweetened condensed milk

Ingredients 

Method

Stirring butter and milk in medium heat

     1.      Before you start, have a bowl of water and about 2 table spoon of either melted butter or vegetable oil and a large plate ready and aside.

      2.      Melt 125 g of butter in a cooking pot in medium heat.

     3.      Pour sweetened condensed milk into melted butter.

     4.      Use wooden spoon to mix butter and milk together until you have soft golden brown gooey consistency.

     5.      Turn heat off and let the mixture set for at least a minute then start moulding into mini balls. BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS! The candy will still be piping hot.

      6.      Rub some oil or butter in your palm then using table spoon scoop tiny portions of the candy and mould into round mini balls. Use water in bowl to cool your hands as you go along. Repeat this step until you mould all the candy.

      7.      Depending on how small you mould the balls you should have about 15-20 pieces.

Homemade Butter Scotch Candy

Voila! Be prepared to satisfy your sweet tooth cravings.

Homemade Ginger Beer

Homemade Ginger Beer

Hello Readers, I hope you all had a lovely summer. I know it’s been a while since I last blogged and feel a bit guilty for this extra long break. My summer has been hectic and amazing. Amongst other things, I had another opportunity to do Nigerian style canapés for a wedding of 250 guests in Marylebone London and that was another great success to add to my achievements.

On to today’s recipe, I LOVE homemade ginger beer. The first thing I scout for when I arrive at a Sierra Leonean party. It is a refreshing beverage that goes with almost every Sierra Leonean dish. Additionally it is also a good mixer with most hard liquors especially vodka. The steps to prepare this tasty beverage are easy to follow and require no more than 20 minute prep time depending on the size of your blender. I hope you enjoy reading and hopefully try out the recipe. Aprons on!!!

Ingredients & Equipment

Ingredients

1.       1/2 kg Loose Ginger

      2.       2 cups of Sugar (white or brown)

      3.       5 litre drinking water

      4.       2 Fresh Lime

      5.       2 Fresh Lemon

      6.       Teaspoon Cloves

      7.       Blender

      8.       Clean white kitchen towel

      9.       Wooden Spoon

      10.   Large plastic bowl

      11.   5 litre pitcher

Preparation

1.       Chop loose ginger into small chunky pieces

Sieving ginger using kitchen cloth

2.      Add to blender with a cup of water to get the blender going and blend really fine.

3.      Rinse cloth to get it moist and wet.

4.      Place cloth over plastic bowl and pour blended ginger over cloth at the same time; pour small amounts water over the blended ginger whilst mixing the ginger to get the juice from the ginger. 

5.      Repeat this step until you have used up all the water. Use additional bowl if you need to.

6.      Once all the water has been sieved through, squeeze any excess water from the ginger and cloth.

7.      Squeeze lime and lemon juice through a sieve to avoid seeds to get into the ginger drink.

8.      Add sugar and cloves into the bowl then mix thoroughly using wooden spoon until the sugar particles are dissolved.

9.      Finally pour drink into pitcher and refrigerate for up to 2 hours.

Homemade Ginger Beer

Voila Ginger Beer is ready to quench your thirst!