Recipes

Tiramisu Recipe

 

Firstly here are the ingredients you need:

2 tubs of Mascarpone Cheese

1 can of Carnation Condensed Milk

1 pack of Ladyfinger Biscuits

Half a cup of brewed Coffee (I usually make it with a cafetiere).

Half a cup of liquor (Marsala, brandy, Cognac... whatever takes your fancy. But when I make it I use Baileys)

Tablespoon of Grated Dark Chocolate

Method:

Firstly whisk together the 2 tubs of Mascarpone and condensed milk together.

Then get a deep dish to put the tiramisu in. You then mix the coffee and liquor together.

Start dipping the ladyfingers into the coffee and liquor mixture one by one (until they are nicely soaked in the mixture), then start laying down a layer of the soaked biscuit onto the base of the dish.

Once you have covered the bash in 1 layer of the biscuits get the Mascarpone and condensed milk mixture and spoon on a layer of this, onto the biscuit (about an inch in thickness).

Then get the biscuit again, soak them and place a layer of biscuits on top of the layer of Mascarpone and condensed milk. Like you are making a lasagna. You repeat this to the top of the dish, the top layer needs to be the Mascarpone and condensed milk mixture.

Lastly sprinkle the grated dark chocolate on top.

Put in the fridge for a few hours before eating! Well, try and leave it for a few hours but I won't blame you if you eat it immediately!

Banoffee Pie Recipe

Ingredients:

• 300ml of Double Cream
• 1 medium sized Banana
• 1 tin of 397g Carnation Caramel
• 80g of Butter
• 200g of Oat Biscuits (I used Tesco's Oaties, only 55p)
•  4 ramekin dishes

Method:

Firstly measure out the biscuits and then break them into a breadcrumb type consistency by putting in a food processor (or putting into a food bag and bashing with a rolling pin, this is a great stress reliever!).

Place the biscuit crumbs to one side while you measure out the butter. You then need to melt the butter (I just used my microwave to do this).

You then need to mix the biscuit crumbs and butter together, until you have mixed enough to ensure all the biscuit crumbs have been coated in butter.

My beloved vintage Kenwood Mixer!

Now get the ramekin dishes and place 2 tablespoons of the crumb mixture into each dish.

Then push the mixture down with a teaspoon to form a biscuit base that is firm to the touch. Like the picture to the right.

After this get the Carnation Caramel and put 2 tablespoons into each ramekin dish, on top of the biscuit base and smooth out to an even layer.

Delicious Dessert Perfection!

Cut the banana into slices and place these on top of the caramel layer.

Lastly you need to whip the cream into stiff peaks and then place a healthy (well, unhealthy) dollop on top of the caramel layer. Place in the fridge for an hour or two before eating.

I hope you enjoy this, who am I kidding of course you will enjoy this! :)

Fennel Seed Shortbread

Ingredients:
150g of plain flour
100g of butter
50g of caster sugar
3/4 tablespoon of fennel seeds

Method:
(I know this isn't traditionally a way to make shortbread but bare with me, it makes it super crumbly and delicious)
Firstly I placed all the ingredients into a food processor and let them mix together well.
I then got the crumble-like mixture out and pressed it together to create more of a dough, before rolling it into a roll using tinfoil (which I then wrapped it up in - do this tightly). I then placed it into the fridge for 1 hour.

Then unroll the tinfoil (it should keep the roll shape but may crumble a bit still so be gentle) and then slice the roll into 1.5 cm slices, creating a circular biscuit.

Lay these onto a butter greased tray and place into the oven at 180C for 15 minutes until golden in colour.

Let them cool and then attempt not the eat them all at once (and if you are like me, fail terribly at that).