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Old 23-02-2013, 19:36
Andy Birkenhead
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How long do you boil a can of condensed milk to tun it into toffee ?
You don't pierce the can, do you ? Or do you ?
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Old 23-02-2013, 19:42
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you can buy it now where its already been made into toffee
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Old 23-02-2013, 20:08
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Yes I know, but I've got two tins of condensed milk in my cupboard, so I'd rather use what I've already got
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Old 23-02-2013, 20:16
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My daughter pours it into a saucepan over a low heat and stirs it till its toffee
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Old 23-02-2013, 21:00
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According to Gary Rhodes, this is how you do it http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question...2074349AATLV8c
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Old 23-02-2013, 21:17
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My daughter pours it into a saucepan over a low heat and stirs it till its toffee
Phil Vickery, the chef who's married to Fern Britton not the rugby player, said on This Morning on Monday that this is how he does it - takes minutes as opposed to the hours of boiling a tin.

However, if you do boil the tin he said you MUST pierce it otherwise it coild explode and spray boiling toffee everywhere.
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Old 24-02-2013, 01:08
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When i worked in a coffee shop, they used to boil it for about 2 hours, but i don't rmember there ever being a hole in the tin...
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Old 24-02-2013, 08:17
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When i worked in a coffee shop, they used to boil it for about 2 hours, but i don't rmember there ever being a hole in the tin...
I think when we used to boil tin pudding we were always told to make a hole first to stop the pressure. But these days for making toffee they say not to make a hole but to make sure the water always covers the tin and never boils down

but my sister who made toffee all the time for bannoffee pie once had a tin explode the contents all over her kitchen and the pan was all misshapen
put her off the boiling method for ever.



Its easier and faster to just make it by pouring in the pan and stirring it does not take long at all

The only thing is with the boiling in the can you can just keep the unopened can for a long time and it wont go off.
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Old 25-02-2013, 15:44
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Phil Vickery, the chef who's married to Fern Britton not the rugby player, said on This Morning on Monday that this is how he does it - takes minutes as opposed to the hours of boiling a tin.

However, if you do boil the tin he said you MUST pierce it otherwise it coild explode and spray boiling toffee everywhere.
Cobblers. 1 1/2 to 2 hours in a pan of boiling water. Don't pierce the tin. Sorted.
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Old 25-02-2013, 16:03
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Cobblers. 1 1/2 to 2 hours in a pan of boiling water. Don't pierce the tin. Sorted.
I agree. NEVER pierce the tin. I usually opt for the quick method myself.
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Old 25-02-2013, 22:54
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If you put it in a pan of water and boil it and there is a hole in the tin, once the contents of the tin start boiling, they'll come out of the tin and into the water.
Basic physics, that.
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Old 27-02-2013, 19:26
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If you put it in a pan of water and boil it and there is a hole in the tin, once the contents of the tin start boiling, they'll come out of the tin and into the water.
Basic physics, that.
Well, Phil Vickery gave Holly Willabooby a real telling off for not piercing the tin.
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