FOOD
It’s Summer! Picnic or BBQ? Here are some summer treats for you to enjoy this summer! Please send in if you try out the recipes, and send in a photo of the bake if it works! I would love to hear how it tasted!
cook for about 1 hour to 1hr 15mins. 8.
When it’s ready it should be crispy around the edges and on the sides and be dry on top. When you prod the centre you should feel some squidginess beneath your fingers. Turn off the oven and open the oven door slightly and let the meringue disc cool completely
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When its completely cooled (otherwise your cream will melt into the meringue), whisk the cream till thick but soft
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Add to the top of the base and scatter over the raspberries. Finally, add the grated chocolate.
Chocolate Pavlova – serves 8-10 (but keeps for a bit so you don’t have to eat it all in one go.) Ingredients Base
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6 egg whites 300g caster sugar 3 tablespoons (tbs) of coco powder sieved 1 teaspoon of red wine or balsamic vinegar 50g dark chocolate, finely chopped Topping 500ml double cream 300g raspberries 2-3 tbs coarsely grated dark chocolate Method 1.
Preheat oven 180/gas mark 4 & line your baking tray with parchment
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Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks
Potato Salad – great cold or hot Ingredients 10-12 potatoes (new or old) 3 hard-boiled eggs 2 sticks of celery 6 spring onions 8 rounded tablespoons of mayonnaise
Keep whisking and at the sugar one spoonful at a time until the meringue is stiff and shiny
2 rounded tablespoons of finely chopped parsley
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Sprinkle the cocoa and vinegar and chopped chocolate
Baking tin = 18cm x 23
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Gently fold (using either a spatula or metal spoon in a figure of eight movement) until everything is thoroughly mixed in
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Mound onto the baking sheet in a fat circle (approx. 23cm diameter)
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Place in the oven and immediately turn down temperature to 150 degrees/gas mark 2 and
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Salt and freshly ground black pepper
