Tablet (confectionery)
A tablet (often also butter tablet , Scottish : Taiblet ) is a Scottish confectionery .
For the production, sugar, milk or condensed milk and butter are heated to approx. 115 ° C so that a crystallization process begins. The viscous mass is then poured into a flat container and, after cooling, cut into mostly square pieces. The result is similar to fudge , but has a brittle, grainy texture. Vanilla, whiskey or nuts can be added as flavoring ingredients. In industrial production, dairy products are often replaced by fondant for reasons of cost .
The dessert tablet has been known since at least the 18th century. The confectionery is first mentioned by name in the household book of Grizel Baillie, a Scottish nobleman whose book, which was kept between 1692 and 1746, was published in 1911. The original recipe used egg white or cream instead of milk and butter.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scottish specialties - really delicious! In: schottland-guide.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Felicity Cloake: How to make the perfect tablet. In: The Guardian . January 22, 2014, accessed July 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Grizel Baillie: Lady Grisell Baillie's Household Book . Scottish History Society, Edinburgh 1911, p. 88 .
- ↑ Tablet. Dictionary of the Scots Language, accessed July 24, 2016 .