Easy Chocolate Mousse Recipe Ingredients 12oz/350g Good Quality Dark Chocolate 1/2oz/1.5g butter (unsalted) 1 tablespoon Cointreau 4 Large Eggs Method Break the chocolate into small pieces and put them in a bowl with 4 tablespoons of cold water. Set bowl over a pan of gently simmering water and leave the chocolate to melt or pop into your microwave oven. When melted stir continuously for 5 mins and then add your butter and Cointreau. Separate the eggs and whisk the whites until stiff. Beat the yolks into the slightly cooked chocolate mixture, then gently fold in the whites. Spoon the mousse…
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It’s that time of year again. The BBC Good Food Show starts at the NEC in Birmingham from 28th November – 2nd December. Apparently tickets are selling fast, in particular for the weekend so get your tickets book from this link http://www.bbcgoodfoodshow.com/home With fabulous shopping, your favourite TV shows; The Great British Bake Off, Saturday Kitchen and MasterChef brought to life, plus celebrity chefs including Gino DÂ’Acampo and the Hairy Bikers cooking up inspirational recipes live on stage – what more could you want to get you in the Christmas spirit! NEW for 2012 – Every advance ticket includes a…
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To get the best flavour out of your tea the water must contain oxygen so use freshly drawn and boiled water.
Ingredients 75g/3oz unsalted butter melted (plus extra if you have no liner) 225g/8oz Plain Flour 2 tsp baking powder 50g/2oz golden caster sugar 25g/1oz dark brown sugar (for dusting) 100g/3.5 oz sour cream 100ml/3.5fl oz maple syrup 1 medium egg (beaten) finely grated zest of 1 lemon 75g/3oz sultanas 125g/4.5oz coarsly grated dark chocolate Method Preheat your oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5 Line or grease a loaf tin Mix together the flour, baking powder and golden caster sugar in a bowl Whisk the sour cream, maple syrup, egg and butter with the lemon zest, then stir in the sultanas and…
The list of benefits from drinking peppermint tea is really quite long and includes taking it for nausea, cramps, IBS, anxiety, irritability, immune booster, menstrual cramps, and it is also full of antioxidants. To make your own mint tea just get a few sprigs of fresh mint leaves, a tea pot, one bag of green or black tea and some sweetener. Boil some water and pour a small amount of the hot water into the tea pot. After some time, discard the water and add the mint leaves along with the tea bag and sugar. Add remaining boiled water and…
Drink elderflower and thyme tea for a bad cough as this helps to ease the cough and make breathing easier.
Butter If you know a cup of butter weighs 8 ounces, you could do the math yourself: 1 ounce = 28.34 grams, so one cup of butter weighs 227 grams. 1/4 cup of butter = 57 g 1/3 cup of butter = 76 g 1/2 cup of butter = 113 g All-Purpose Flour and Confectioners’ Sugar Cups, Grams, Ounces 1/8 cup, (2 Tablespoons), 16 g, .563 oz 1/4 cup, 32 g, 1.13 oz 1/3 cup, 43 g, 1.5 oz 1/2 cup, 64 g, 2.25 oz 2/3 cup, 85 g, 3 oz 3/4 cup, 96 g, 3.38 oz 1 cup, 128…
1. Welsh cake – A traditional Welsh snack which is made from flour, sultanas, raisins and currants. 2. French Fancy – A very British iced sponge cake topped with buttercream and fondant icing. 3. Fat Rascal – A rough domed-shaped type of cake, similar to a scone, made with currants and candied peel. 4. The Victoria sponge – this was named after Queen Victoria who favoured a slice of sponge cake with her afternoon tea. 5. Lemon Drizzle – A classic sponge cake made in many parts of England for Easter Sunday. 6. Bakewell tart – Bakewell pudding (a puff…
Avoid over mixing as it can cause a heavy texture, beat the mixture until it is just smooth. The longer you knead dough, the longer you should leave the dough to develop for the best finished bake. Leave scones for a minute before you pop them into the oven as resting them allow the baking powder to become active. To soften hard brown sugar, leave it in a bowl covered with a damp tea towel.
With so many different types of flours it can mean you get a bit mixed up with one or another, and if you can replace them with another type while you are baking. Well apparently the basic rule is that they differ primarily based on protein content, which affects the final texture of the baked good you are making. All-purpose flour has 10-12% protein. Cake flour has 6-8% protein. If you donÂ’t have cake flour, you can substitute ¾ cup sifted all-purpose flour plus 2 tablespoons cornstarch. Bread flour has 12-14% protein; the high protein content causes the bread to…
  During 1101-1125 the Chinese Emperor Hui Tsung became very obsessed with tea and wrote about the best tea-whisking methods. He then started holding tea-tasting tournaments in the court. In fact apparently he was so obsessed with “tea”,that he didn’t even notice the Mongol take over of his empire. Also during this time Teahouses in garden settings, were popping up around China. Photo Source: www.flickr.com/photos/agirlwithtea/
Christmas will be here before you can blink so I had to review this fabulous book for you. Boutique Baking is by Peggy Porschen who is famed for her exquisite craftsmanship and love of baking. In this book she shares some of her trade secrets helping you to recreate some of her amazing recipes which they say ‘combine traditional baking with chic finishing touches’. Even if you don’t manage to create some of her amazing work the book will look wonderful on your coffee table. It’s available from www.amazon.co.uk and other good retailers.