Insíonn Tomás do chuile dhuine go bhfuil rún amháin an-tábhachtach nuair a bhíonn tú ag déanamh faoiste – neart de a dhéanamh! Ní féidir do dhóthain faoiste a bheith agat …
Déantar chuile iarracht comhábhair ardchaighdeáin a úsáid. Mar shampla tá im Kerrygold ina chomhábhar riachtanach de bharr go ndéantar as uachtar é i gcónaí.
Tá muid an-chúramach faoin modh cócaireachta – tá bealach ar leith a chinntíonn gur faoiste bog a dhéantar.
Ar a bharr sin, úsáideann Tomás a shamhlaíocht chun blasanna éagsúla a chruthú.
The important thing about making fudge as Tomás will tell you is to make plenty of it – seriously though you can never have too much fudge …
Quality ingredients are key: Kerrygold butter is an essential ingredient because it is still made with cream not just milk.
The flavourings are special too; we use so much vanilla essence that the recipe is printed in my head: the quality of the brandy used with the macerated vanilla pods and more particularly the storage conditions really make a difference.
Some fudge manufacturers boil their ingredients together but Tomás prefers to cook everything in a bain-marie allowing the flavour of the vanilla essence assimilate gradually (note the crumbly fudge is boiled).
After that process is finished he adds different flavours, again quality is key for the additions: Baileys means Baileys! We use sultanas, nuts etc. as sourced and packaged by Buchanans and our chocolate comes from Callebaut.
Tomás has developed a very special technique with twirling and swirling; he dances continuously when making fudge…. see all the flavours he makes.
