Watch: Cook up this sweet Brazilian treat, Brigadeiros

Ingredients

• 1x 405g tin of Condensed Milk
• 1/2 cup of Nesquik powder or indeed any choccy milk powder.
• 1 tablespoon of butter and a little more for your hands.
• Loads of chocolate sprinkles. Like, more than you think you'll need.

Instructions

Making the Fudge

1. Empty the condensed milk into a pan, make sure you get it all in. Add in the butter and the Nesquick powder. Stir well over low heat. You're looking to combine this all for about 10 minutes. Eventually, it'll start to thicken and take a second or two to cover a scraped area. Crucially don't let it burn to the bottom of the pan.
2. If you have a sugar thermometer, you're looking for around 97°C.
3. Empty the hot fudge into a bowl/dish and leave to cool. This can take a good while.

Shaping the Balls

1. Fill a small bowl with the sprinkles.
2. Get a cloth nearby because you'll need it.
3. Butter your hands.
4. Pinch off some of the fudge and roll in your hands to form a small ball. Roughly a half or whole teaspoon. Not a huge amount.
5. Pop into the sprinkles and coat fully.
6. Place the coated ball onto a plate.
7. Repeat until the fudge is gone.

Recipe Notes

Try not to eat all the fudge before you've made the balls.

Recipe by

Aline Shaw over at Brazilian Kitchen Abroad. Give her site a look in.