Try this bonus recipe from the ‘Melting Pot’ feature in our September 2015 mag.
Print Recipe Bourbon and chilli dark-chocolate truffles Serves: 30 Cooking Time: 30 minutes + 4 hours, to chill Ingredients 250ml (1 cup) double-thick cream 50g unsalted butter 300g good-quality 70% dark chocolate 30ml (2 tbsp) bourbon (optional) Pinch red chilli flakes (optional) Cocoa powder, to dust Instructions 1 Warm the cream in a double boiler
Print Recipe Marshmallow and cherry chocolate hearts Serves: 15 pieces Cooking Time: 20 Ingredients 1 x 385g tin sweetened condensed milk 200g milk chocolate 100g dark chocolate 100g marshmallows, roughly chopped 100g glacé cherries, chopped Instructions 1 Heat the condensed milk and chocolates in a large saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until the chocolate has
AMARULA CRÈME ANGLAISE 300ml fresh cream 150ml Amarula (optional) 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract 4 egg yolks 15ml (1 tbsp) Hamilton Russell Vineyards fynbos honey METHOD: 1. Heat the cream and Amarula in a saucepan, but do not allow to boil. 2. Whisk the vanilla, egg yolks and honey together until pale yellow, and pour the warm cream mixture over while whisking. Return to low heat, and cook while stirring constantly until the mixture coats the back of a metal spoon, 3 – 5 minutes. Remove from heat and leave to cool. 3. Serve the cake with crème anglaise and…
Print Recipe Coconut and vanilla wraps with chocolate, banana and nuts By Robyn Timson – Serves: 8 Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients Coconut and vanilla wraps 1 x basic wrap recipe here, using 125ml (½ cup) coconut milk instead of water 40g (½ cup) desiccated coconut 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla seeds 15ml (1 tbsp) flour
The flavour combinations of these white chocolate and cherry fondants go together like salt and pepper, Romeo and Juliet, macaroni and cheese…
These persimmons in vanilla and grapefruit syrup with white chocolate whipped cream is the perfect dessert for summer. Make it, invite over some friends and family and enjoy a great time in the sun this warmer season!
Coffee and white chocolate blondies are a spin on their classic chocolate cousins. Sweet and chewy, they’re made using white chocolate instead of dark chocolate, and our version includes a coffee flavouring. They’re best eaten on the day they’re baked, but will keep for a day in an airtight container.
Recipe by Nicky Gibbs Nicky Gibbs is executive chef at The Westcliff Hotel, Jan Smuts Avenue, Westcliff, Johannesburg. Call 011-481-6000 or visit www.westcliff.co.za Cook’s tips: You can sandwich the two halves of this cake together with cream, jam or a combination of raspberries and cream. If you like, top the cake with nuts or add nuts to the batter
Print Recipe White chocolate and saffron mousse Serves: 6 – 8 Cooking Time: 30 mins plus extra for chilling Ingredients Whip the yolks and sugar until pale and creamy. Heat over a double boiler, whisking continuously until it starts to thicken, about 5 minutes. In a separate bowl, melt the chocolate over the double boiler
How can anyone resist chocolate mousse, especially when it looks like beautiful? This might look too pretty too eat, but you’ll regret not digging you spoon in. Recipe by Malika van Reenen Photograph by Rolene Prinsloo
Print Recipe Peanut butter and toffee chocolate brownies Serves: 8 – 12 brownies Cooking Time: 1 hour + overnight to chill Ingredients Brownies 300g dark chocolate 140g butter 3 eggs 300g castor sugar 70g cocoa 190g plain flour 1 x 350ml jar smooth or crunchy peanut butter Toffee 200g castor sugar 80g butter 80ml fresh
TO DRINK: A citrusy Sauterne (French sweet wine) goes exceptionally well with fruit-flavoured desserts
TO DRINK: A light tawny port works well with both chocolate and plums, and isn’t too heavy with dessert.
Print Recipe Canderel chocolate egg lollies Serves: 4 large lollies Ingredients 3 x 85g Canderel milk chocolate slabs A clear plastic chocolate mold with 4 compartments (in the shape of your choice) with spaces for the sticks 4 plastic or wooden lollipop sticks Glitter for dusting (optional) Instructions 1 Ensure the mold is clean and