Comments on: Scottish Butter Tablet

By: Beverley

Beverley — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:03:46 +0000

Hello,I have come across a recipe for ginger tablet in the Good housekeeping cookery book dated 1951.2lb.demerara sugar 1/2pint water.1/2oz.ginger.dissolve the sugar in the water quickly,bring to the boil and continue boiling until temperature of 245oF.is reached.Cool a little and beat after adding the ginger

By: val

val — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:54:56 +0000

ooooh this takes me back to childhood
thanks for putting it in here

By: Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella

Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:36:48 +0000

Lovely (and very sugary) sounding stuff! But I am a chicken and am scared of the very idea doing an episode of extreme cooking: sugar edition

By: Liz Graham

Liz Graham — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:09:28 +0000

Hi – I made some tablet last night, not this recipie tho, however pretty close. My question is what is wrong when it doesn’t set properly and tastes a little sugary, looks great, but it when I tried to take it out of the pan, the bottom was very soft – HELP I love tablet.

By: Penny Shepherd

Penny Shepherd — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:00:18 +0000

I am desperatly trying to make rum and raisin fudge for a competition. I dinna want to make it with choc chips, just the traditional way. Would I be right in saying that there is not much difference between tablet and fudge just the beating in the end?

By: SteffiBaby

SteffiBaby — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:13:21 +0000

Awesome! This is the recipe that I used the last couple of times I made tablet – the first time it came out brilliantly but the second time was a bit of a disaster… I’ve made it my mission to make tablet that my granny would be proud of. Maybe someday… we can all dream eh?!

By: chris

chris — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:49:30 +0000

Hey ive just made this tablet and it is just cooling now. with the help of the recipie suggested above i mananged to make this after tasting some the other week. I do reccommend using an absolutely gigantic pan as i panicked at one point when i thought the mixture was about to boil over!
Many thanks to everyones suggestions and tips on how to make this.

By: snit_girl

snit_girl — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:34:40 +0000

can anyone help me?

I’ve made 3 batches of tablet in the last 3 days for a charity thing in work.

the first batch didn’t set, the second turned out perfect and the third is grainy and still a but soft.

I used the same ingredients for them all adn I think the same method.

what am I doing wrong?

By: scott

scott — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:19:05 +0000

i think im going to try this recipe, normally i use my granny’s family recipe and was suprised to see how short a time you cook it for! when using my recipe its cooked in the pan for an hour or two, stirring occasionally on a low heat, i will get back to you and say which was best! thanks

By: Annie Lindsay

Annie Lindsay — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:56:09 +0000

hey there,
this is a great tablet…I live in nashville Tn. with a lot of Scottish people and we are always trying out new tablet recipes and also other scottish food that we grew up on…Thank you so much …