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This is a delicious Scottish treat. Almost similar to fudge in America, but lighter and melts in your mouth!
Ingredients:
2 lbs (875g) granulated sugar
4 oz (100 g) coconut
3/8 pint (210 ml) milk
1 oz (25 g) butter
Coloring, if desired
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Method:
1. Heat milk and sugar slowly until sugar has dissolved then add butter and coconut, stirring all the time.
2. Bring to boil and boil to 240 F degrees or soft ball (either use a sugar thermometer to test or drop a little mixture into a cup of cold water, leave for 1 minute and, if you can, for a soft ball between finger and thumb, the tablet is ready).
3. Take off heat and beat until thick and beginning to grain.
4. Quickly pour half into a buttered tray, add a little red coloring to remainder, stir in well then pour over white tablet in tray.
5. When cool, cut into squares.
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Hi Tamsin,
Sorry to point out that the recipe above and the picture is for Coconut Ice and NOT Coconut tablet.
Scottish tablet is made using sweetened condensed milk and a lot of stirring is involved to get it to the correct point for it to harden and not become fudge. There is also not that many recipes out there that include coconut.
Thank you for pointing that out Coleen, the recipe I am using is one from my childhood in NE Scotland and comes from the Scottish Milk Marketing Board cookbook. My vanilla tablet is using condensed milk and you are quite right, a lot of stirring. If you have a recipe you use, I would love to try it, always enjoy trying recipes.
Hello,
I have been searching for a recipe for Coconut Tablet for many years. My Nana used to make it when I was a child and sadly she isn’t around to make it anymore. The secret of how you get that tablet like texture without the golden colouring of regular tablet had us all baffled.
This looks exactly like her recipe, although she never used pink colour, and I can’t wait to try it out. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you, I love making it and it is the one I used as a child growing up as well.I would love to hear how it turns out for you.