Name: Brigadeiro (Brazilian Fudge Balls)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 397g (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (($1.50 / £1.00 )); 3 tablespoons cocoa powder (($0.53 / £0.26p )); 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (($0.21 / £0.11p )); pinch salt (($0.01 / £0.01 )); chocolate vermicelli, to coat (($0.75 / £0.40 ))

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Saucepan

Heat the condensed milk, cocoa powder, butter and salt in a small pan over a medium heat, mixing consistently to stop it from burning.

Continue stirring until thick. The way to test this is to run your spoon across the bottom of the saucepan, if the gap left by your spoon in the brigadeiro mixture takes time to fill, then the mixture is ready.

Take off the heat and leave the mixture to cool to room temperature – you can eat it like this! or make into balls.

Sprinkle your coating (grated chocolate, vermicelli, flake) on a plate.

Take a teaspoon of the mixture and roll into balls between your hands, then roll in the coating straight away.

If the mixture sticks to your hands, rub a little butter on your hands to grease them.

Brigadeiro (Brazilian Fudge Balls)

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