Tag Archives: recipe

Homemade Ganache Chocolate Recipe!

Posted on by Abi

Just about everyone loves chocolate and those that don’t know a loved one who does. So this little recipe is the perfect indulgence or the perfect gift. It’s very simple, quick and always impresses lucky recipients. Who wouldn’t love to receive a box of homemade chocolates!

What You’ll Need

80ml (2 3/4 fl oz) Double Cream

200g (7oz) good quality Dark or Milk Chocolate

12.5g (1/2 oz) Butter

2Tsp golden syrup (this is only if using Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate is sweet enough)

Ground Almond, Cocoa Powder or Chopped Nuts to decorate

 

Step 1

Finely chop or grate 100g (3 1/2 0z) of your chocolate. Heat the cream in a pan until it just begins to boil. Remove from the heat and add in your chocolate and butter. Leave it for a couple of minutes and then stir until smooth.

If you are using Dark Chocolate add your syrup in now.

Step 2

At this point you can either pour the hot ganache into a bowl and leave to cool. Or if you have an appropriate chocolate mould you can use this instead. Once cool cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. By now it will be a lovely firm ganache.

Step 3

Remove your ganache from the fridge. If you did not use a chocolate mould you will now need to dust a plate or tray with good quality cocoa powder. Spoon out a little ganache, cover in powder and then roll into a ball using your hands. Once rolled place on a tray and put back in the fridge. If you used a chocolate mould, pop out your moulded shapes and lightly dust with cocoa powder before placing onto a tray.

Step 4

Melt your remaining chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water. While this is melting cover a large plate/tray with ground almonds, chopped nuts or cocoa powder. Remove your ganache shapes from the fridge. Placing one on a fork lightly dip into the melted chocolate until covered. Lift up on the fork allowing excess chocolate to drain away.

Immediately place your chocolate onto your plate of almonds/nuts/cocoa and lightly cover.  Transfer to another plate/tray to set.

Continue until all your chocolates are covered and then place back in the fridge.

Once set you will have beautiful ganache chocolates with a light crisp chocolate shell.

Notes.

If you use Milk Chocolate and add syrup your ganache may not set.

The syrup can be substituted for another sweetener such as liquor.

You can just dip the ganache centres into melted chocolate and leave to set, they look particularly pretty dusted with a little metallic edible food powder.

 

 

1 Comment (Leave a comment)

Orange Biscuit Cookie Recipe!

Posted on by Abi

As we haven’t had a recipe for quite sometime, I thought I’d share an old family favourite with you. It came from a very old recipe book, where the covers have long gone and so have several pages, but this little gem survived. The biscuits have an almost shortbread texture, which melts on the tongue but with the completely up to date addition of Orange to give them something special.

You Will Need

100 gms/4 oz Plain Flour

50 gms/2 oz Dried Semolina

100 gms/ 4 oz Butter

50 gms/2 oz Caster Sugar

Grated rind of one large Orange

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 350F, 180C (Fan oven 160C), Gas 4. In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar. Add the Orange rind and beat again.

Step 2

Mix the flour and semolina together in a seperate bowl and then add to mixture. Chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.

Step 3

Roll out the biscuit mixture, it should be roughly 3-4mm in depth. Then using a biscuit cutter of your choice, cut out into shapes. Place on a baking tray.

Step 4

Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack and then enjoy!

Comments Off on Orange Biscuit Cookie Recipe!

Lemon Curd Biscuit Cookie Recipe!

Posted on by Abi

Last month during a trip to Cornwall I was lucky enough to eat some very yummy Lemon biscuits. Naturally I wanted to make some myself on return home, but all the recipes I could find involved sandwiching two plain biscuits between a layer of Lemon Curd. So we set about creating our own recipe. The end result was so successful that I thought I’d share it here. These little biscuits melt in the mouth and have a delicate buttery Lemon taste.

What You’ll Need

  • 250g/8oz Butter
  • 200g/7oz Caster Sugar (plus extra for sprinkling)
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Tsp Lemon Juice
  • 450-500g/15-17oz Plain Flour
  • 5 Tbsp Lemon Curd

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Beat the butter, sugar, egg, Vanilla Extract and Lemon juice Together in a large bowl until light and fluffy.

 

 

Step 2

Spoon in the Lemon curd and mix gently, then begin to fold in the flour. Note. The exact amount of flour needed can vary slightly depending on the thickness of your Lemon Curd. Eventually you will need to knead the dough with your hands to fully combine. You have the right consistency when the dough is coming cleanly away from the sides of the bowl.

Step 3

Roll out to about 1cm thick. Then cut out in whatever shape you like. Place onto a baking tray and cook for approx 13 minutes until lightly golden on top. Sprinkle with a little extra caster sugar before cooling.

 

 

Enjoy your yummy creations!

6 Comments (Leave a comment)