Showing posts from May, 2014

Chorizo, Mozzarella and Pesto Pizza

Chablis wines challenged me to come up with the perfect summer pairing to a glass of cool refreshing Chablis and demonstrate how the wine with such a beautiful minerality can fit so well with many summer dishes. Many people like to enjoy a glass of Chablis at Christmas time, but seem to forget it can also work incredibly well with summer dishes and flavours. For the Chablis blogger challenge I decided to create a light and summery pizza to eat al fresco on a warm summer evening...along with a glass of chilled Chablis. I made the dough using my usual recipe in the bread maker then rolled it out to within an inch of its life - the thinner the better. I topped the pizza with tomato passata then layed thin slices of chorizo all over the top. Spoonfuls of my fresh homemade wild garlic pesto were then dolloped on before the torn pieces of buffalo mozzarella were put in place. As a final finishing touch I added some teaspoons of caramelised onion chutney and 2 large sun dried


Fudgy Chocolate Slice

The first day of half term has been and gone and the kids are already eating me out of house and home! I needed to refill the cake tin quickly and these fudgy chocolate slices were perfect for the job. The cake is made in a very unauthentic manner whereby you melt butter and cocoa on the hob with some boiling water then stir through the dry ingredients, an egg and some milk. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes then top with a fudgy frosting (also made using the melting method). It really does taste amazing and is so easy and quick to make. FUDGY CHOCOLATE SLICE Chocolate Slice Baking Yield: 16 slices Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Fudgy Chocolate Slice A chocolate slice with fudgy chocolate frosting prep time: 20 mins cook time: 20 mins total time: 40 mins ingredients: 110g  Butter, cubed 120ml  Boiling Water 3 level TBSP  Cocoa Powder 190g  Caster Sugar 130g  Plain Flour 1/2 TSP  Bicarbonate of Soda 1  Egg, b


Ginger Curd Treacle Tart

I made this ginger curd treacle tart a few days ago after noticing a jar of ginger curd in the cupboard. I thought adding a bit of the ginger curd would give the treacle tart a lovely warm rich flavour and it certainly did. I served this with clotted cream but ice cream would be good too. GINGER CURD TREACLE TART Ginger Curd Treacle Tart Dessert Yield: 8 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe Pin it With Image Without Image Ginger Curd Treacle Tart A ginger curd treacle tart recipe prep time: 1 hour cook time: 15 mins total time: 1 hours and 15 mins ingredients: 250g  Plain Flour 125g  Butter, cubed 100g  Icing Sugar 1  Egg, beaten   For the filling: 425g  Golden Syrup 150g  Ginger Curd 190g  Breadcrumbs instructions Step 1: Preheat oven to 180°c (160° fan).  Step 2: In a processor pulse the plain flour and butter until breadcrumbs form. Add the icing sugar and egg and pulse until a dough forms.  Step 3: Roll out the dough between 2 shee