Tiramisu Terrine
Ingredients:
- 350g ricotta
- 100g icing sugar
- 30ml double-thick cream
- 100g slab white chocolate, melted
- zest of 2 oranges
- 45ml orange juice
- 125ml espresso
- 60ml coffee liqueur
- 250g packet wafers
- 200g slab dark chocolate, grated
- fresh mint
Method:
- Grease and line a 23cm x 13cm loaf tin.
- Use an electric mixer to beat the ricotta, sugar, cream, chocolate, orange zest and… Continue reading
Chocolate Chilli Puddings
Ingredients:
- 140g butter, softened
- 140g castor sugar
- 2 eggs
- 110g self-raising flour
- 55g cocoa powder
- 3-5ml crushed, dried red chilli
- 45ml milk
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 190°C.
- Grease 6 dariole moulds with melted butter.
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Place the self-raising flour… Continue reading
Treacle Tart
Ingredients:
Pastry
- 2 egg yolks
- 225g softened butter
- 15ml castor sugar
- 250g cake flour
- 30g finely chopped pecan nuts or hazelnuts
Filling
- 250g golden syrup
- 225ml thick cream
- 90g fresh white bread crumbs
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 15ml lemon juice
To serve
- Crème fraîche or cream
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon
Method:
To make pastry
- Beat the egg yolks and… Continue reading
Yoghurt Ice Cream with Burnt Honey and Cashew Nut Topping
Ingredients
- 6 jumbo eggs, separated
- 225g condensed milk
- 250ml castor sugar
- 5ml vanilla essence
- 500ml fresh cream
- 500ml full-cream natural yoghurt
Topping:
- 250ml honey
- 150g chopped unsalted cashew nuts
Method
To make the ice cream:
- Combine the egg yolks, condensed milk and castor sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add the… Continue reading
Custard-Coated Mini Malva Puddings
Who does not enjoy mini food … I certainly do.
Ingredients
- 500ml castor sugar
- 4 jumbo eggs
- 30ml smooth apricot jam
- 500ml cake flour
- 10ml bicarbonate of soda
- 2.5ml salt
- 60ml butter
- 10ml white vinegar
- 250ml milk
Malva sauce:
- 250ml fresh cream
- 125g butter
- 125ml white sugar
- 125ml medium cream sherry
Custard sauce:
- 500ml milk
- 6 jumbo egg yolks
- 125g… Continue reading
Espresso Crème Brûlée
For this coffee-flavoured dessert you need to use a set of ovenproof cups or dishes and, for best results, it must be prepared a day in advance.
Chocolate-coated coffee beans add a chic finishing touch.
Ingredients
- 1 litre fresh cream
- 100ml double-strength espresso
- 30ml Kahlúa or Tia Maria liqueur
- 12 large egg yolks
- 150g castor sugar
- 125ml brown sugar to… Continue reading
Chocolate Bon Bons
Ingredients
- 10 sheets of phyllo pastry
- 20 Lindt Lindor milk chocolate balls
- 100g melted butter
- custard
Method
1. Preheat the fryer to 200°C
2. Place 1 sheet of phyllo pastry onto a work surface
3. Brush with butter
4. Top with another sheet of pastry, and then cut into quarters
5. Place a chocolate ball in the centre… Continue reading
Tiramisu with honeycomb crunch
The perfect Valentine’s dessert, best made ahead to give the flavours time to mingle …
Ingredients
- 1 egg yolk
- 2.0 tbsp caster sugar
- ¼ tsp vanilla paste or extract
- 85.0g mascarpone
- 150.0ml double cream
- 2.0 tbsp Kahlúa
- 5.0 tbsp very… Continue reading
