Have you seen the new real estate web site called Trulia.  Well, it’s new and coming up high on most search engines in searches for things like San Clemente real estate, Orange County Real Estate, San Juan Capistrano real estate, Capistrano Beach real estate and more.

Yes, I’m there on Trulia in cities like San Clemente, California, and I have one listing there.

So go take a look.  I think you’ll like the real estate that you see there by your South Orange County Realtor, me, Debbie Ferrari.

Debbie Ferrari’s
Great Fudge Recipe:

If you are a guy, print this
out and give it to your wife:
 

Here is my great chocolate fudge recipe that makes the best fudge you
ever tasted, even better than Macinaw Island Fudge.

In a good heavy sauce pan (I use my Revere ware) combine 1 ½ cubes of butter or margarine, 4 ½ cups granulated sugar and 1 can of evaporated milk.  Cook over medium/high heat and when it comes to a boil start timing and cook for 7 minutes.  This is the important part and you don’t have to use a candy thermometer.
 
In a heavy duty mixing bowl combine 3,  8 oz. Hershey Bars, broken up, 12 oz. bag of Chocolate chips, 1 jar of marshmallow cream.  Chop 2 cups of walnuts or pecans (I use pecans) and have them standing by.  I keep my nuts in the freezer and it helps speed the cooling process.  With my Kitchen Aid mixer I use the heavy paddle or dough hook, either works well, but don’t use the whip, it’s too flimsy for the fudge.

When the sugar/milk mixture has boiled for 7 minutes, remove from heat and pour it over the chocolate.  Stir a little with a silicone spatula and then turn the beater on.  Let it beat while you’re chopping the nuts or lining your jelly roll pan with foil.  I use a jelly roll pan because it’s the perfect size for the 5 pounds of fudge. 

I line the pan with foil and then butter with the butter wrapper, or spray with Pam.   After the pan is prepared and the fudge is starting to cool, it should be holding it’s shape in the bowl.  Add 1 teaspoon of good vanilla extract.  Last add the chopped nuts.  Beat until well combined.  Once you turn the beaters off you need to work fast and get it into the pan, spread evenly and let set in cool place.  

 NEVER put chocolate in the refrigerator!  This is a never fail recipe.  If it doesn’t set up perfectly, you didn’t cook it long enough, or use the right size chocolate bars.  When they started changing the size of the bars  (they used to ALL be 8 oz., but you can still get the 8 oz. ones at some Wal-Marts) it got me a couple of times and I ended up with some great chocolate fudge sauce for ice cream!

Visit my Orange County Real Estate page in my Realtor web site for links to more recipes and area restaurants.

Want to find an especially accomplished San Clemente Realtor to handle your real estate needs, whether it is buying or selling a home? Or commercial property, or industrial, or even someone who is expert in 1031 property exchange?

Then go to AgentPreview.com and enter the city of your choice.

Find agents all over the country, for almost every middle to large sized city.  This is a real estate directory in which you will find your beloved Orange County Real Estate agent, me, Debbie Ferrari.

This Web 2.0 revolution is everywhere.  Trulia is yet another social networking site where you can make contacts all over the world.  Moreover, it has experts in hundreds of different fields listed there as authorities.  You can go to www.Trulia.com and ask a question and then get answers from one or many of the experts in that field.  It also has links to my Orange County Real Estate web site.

Naturally, my field is real estate, and specifically, South Orange County California real estate.

Go to Trulia and give it a try.