Ingredients 1 cup milk ½ cup cream 3 egg yolks 2 Tablespoons Sugar 2 teaspoons cornflour ½ teaspoon vanilla essence Method Pour milk and cream into a saucepan and heat until it is just bubbling around the edges. Don’t let it come to a complete boil. While the milk is heating, whisk the egg yolks, …
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Jan 13
Crème Brulee
Makes 8 Ingredients 800ml cream 8 egg yolks 1 vanilla pod, split 6 tablespoons caster sugar Small pinch of salt Extra caster sugar for the top Method Preheat your oven to 150°C Heat the cream and the vanilla pod in a small saucepan until bubbling around the edges but not boiling. While heating the milk …
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Jan 12
Mayonnaise
Makes about 1 ½ cups Ingredients 4 egg yolks ½ tablespoons Dijon Mustard 2 tablespoons cider vinegar, thyme vinegar or wine vinegar 3 tablespoons lemon Juice 1 tablespoon water 2 tablespoons sugar 1½ cups canola oil ½ tsp salt Freshly ground black pepper Method Place the egg yolks, mustard, lemon juice, vinegar, water and sugar …
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Jan 11
Beautifully Rich Chocolate Cake
Serves 10 Ingredients: 125g butter, softened 3 eggs 2 cups Sugar 2 cup flour ¾ cup sifted cocoa 2 tsp baking soda 2 tsp vanilla essence 1 cup sour cream ¼ tsp salt 1 cup strong black coffee (I make my cup with 2 tsps of good instant coffee eg: Maccona) Before you begin, preheat …
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Jan 11
Chocolate Ganache Icing
Ingredients: ½ cup cream 200g Dark chocolate, chopped *Double the recipe if you want to do some piping work. Method: Place the cream in a small saucepan. Slowly bring to the boil. Remove the cream from the heat, cool slightly. Add the chocolate. Stir until the chocolate has melted and is smooth. Leave until …
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