BBC Good Food

16 May 2009

Tested

"I made this with lemon and orange as I did not have enough lemon and it turned out absolutely wonderful. I will certainly be making this again as my family liked it so much that they had seconds of it. It also tastes good with a dollop of vanilla ice cream."

07 June 2008

Tested

"I also made a batch of these despite poor reviews and was determined to get the caramel right. Unfortunately I had the opposite problem on my first attempt. I heated it for too long and the caramel was more like tablet and didn't pour very well at all. It tasted good though but still not what I envisaged. Having enough ingredients, I made a second batch but this time, I did the cold water test and waited for the sugar to reach the soft ball stage, about 30 minutes. This time, it poured beautifully and set within minutes. However, the colour was no where near the same as the one in the picture . In fact the caramel was lighter than the shortbread! I agree that the instructions on making the caramel needs to be a bit more specific particularly with the timing. Someone mentioned using Dulce de Leche. I tried this before but it was difficult to cut the slices cleanly and is very sticky and messy to eat."