PEI Potato Fudge

Try potato fudge as part of the Farm Tours Authentic PEI Experience at the Canadian Potato Museum in O'Leary, PEI.

Prep time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 3 squares chocolate (2 sweet and 1 unsweetened or 3 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips)
• 3 tbsp. ADL or COWS butter
• 1/3 cup PEI Potato, mashed (no butter or milk added)
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 4 cups sifted icing sugar (approximate)

1. Place a heatproof bowl over a pot of hot water (not simmering) on very low heat. Add butter. Once it has started to melt, add chocolate and allow to melt together gently, stirring constantly. Alternatively, melt using short bursts of microwave power.
2. Remove from the heat once melted.
3. Add mashed potato, salt and vanilla. Blend in sugar. 
4. Knead until smooth. Shape into a log roll about 1 inch in diameter. 
5. Place in fridge for an hour or two to become firm. Cut into slices. Store in fridge if any is left.

Recipe source: One Potato, Two Potato cookbook by PEI resident Janet Reeves