A Witness to Murder: An unputdownable cozy murder mystery (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery Book 3)
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Fans of Agatha Christie, T E Kinsey and Downton Abbey will adore this tremendously fun cozy whodunnit, full of mystery, murder and intrigue!
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to our indefatigable Maisie for her ever-insightful editing and Lauren and her team for their eagle-eyed proofreading (and much more). Thanks also to the rest of the Bookouture Team for their part in keeping Ellie and Clifford in cognac and confit and Master Gladstone in sausages and slippers.
Mrs Pitkin’s Double-Layered Chocolate Fudge
If you liked the sound of Mrs Pitkin’s chocolate fudge, we hope you’ll make your own! Her recipe is based on an Edwardian one. Send us a picture on social media if you make it.
If you want to make your fudge look fancy, put your decorations on the top layer once it has cooled a little, but before it has set. You could use crystallised angelica or ginger or piped icing.
Ingredients
379g tin of sweetened condensed milk
25g unsalted butter and extra for greasing
175g dark cooking chocolate, broken into squares
175g peanut butter – smooth or crunchy**
**If, like poor Mr Aris, you suffer from a peanut allergy, you can substitute a nut butter (as peanuts are a legume, not actually a nut), or try Nutella.
Method
Line a shallow baking tray with greaseproof paper and grease thoroughly with butter.
Mix the half the condensed milk and butter together – use a double boiler or place a bowl on top of a pan of boiling water – until the butter has melted. Add the chocolate and stir until melted. Pour into the baking tray, allow to cool and place in the fridge until the mixture sets, usually an hour or two
Mix the rest of condensed milk with the peanut butter as you did for the condensed milk and chocolate in Step 2. Stir continuously until the peanut butter has melted and mixed with the condensed milk. Remove the baking tray from the fridge and pour the peanut butter mixture on top of the first layer. Allow to cool, then place back in the fridge until set hard, usually another hour or two
Remove the fudge from the fridge, slice into pieces. Will keep for a day or two in the fridge, but best enjoyed fresh!
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