As a cook, I compartmentalise chocolate into two groups. First: normal everyday milk chocolate bars full of sugar, biscuits, dried fruits or nuts that seduce us with glittery, colourful wrappers; appealing to the inner child. They serve as a mere sugar rush, a boost of energy to keep me going through the day. Second: dark…
Category: Dessert
Be Inventive
I was going to be away from home for a week and I needed to make sure there was nothing left in the fridge that would turn before I got back. I didn’t want to have to face the prospect of arriving from holiday to find I had a smelly fridge that needed cleaning out. There are times when foraging in…
Summer Berry Trifle for ONE.
Sneaky Summer Berry Trifle for One! Easy to put together and just as easy to eat. Ingredients: 1 ginger biscuit Big handful of summer berries 1 tbspn sugar Double cream Vanilla paste/extract/vanilla pods Toasted flaked almonds A delicious impromptu indulgence Method: 1st: Put the sugar and berries into a saucepan and heat through until the…
Ginger Cheesecake
Ingredients:250g gingernut biscuits170g butter 200ml double cream 400g full fat cream cheese 8 pieces of stem ginger 6 tbsp ginger syrup Fruit of your choice Method:1st: Melt the butter and set aside to cool.2nd: Crush the gingernut biscuits as you wish (food processor or rolling pin). Mix the melted…
Pear, Plum and Blackberry Sponge
Whilst stocking up the fridge after my weekly shop I realised I had a few plums and pears at the back of the fridge that had been there for quite a while. There was also half a punnet of blackberries that were on the turn and needed using up. I didn’t want to waste any…
Gold
Over the past few days it has been impossible to go to sleep comfortably due to the searing heat and high temperatures. Sitting, sweltering in humid, airless evenings has been unbearable. The thought of having to turn an oven on and subsequently heat up the house is quite frankly the last thing I’d want to…
Shrove Tuesday
The pagans knew how to party! They marked every festival with mirth and merriment but above all food. Food playing a central part to their festivities. So it isn’t really surprising that the Christians adopted this ethos before embarking upon a period of abstinence and denial. Throughout the 40 days of Lent, people are called…
GastroRob 