Chocolate Truffles by Heston Blumenthal

    This recipe is by Heston Blumenthal from his How To Cook Like Heston TV programme.   Mum and I used the ganache part of this recipe previously to make the filling for our hollow chocolate Easter-themed moulds (see my previous blog). To use the leftover ganache, we continued with the rest of the […]

Posted by Admin on May 3rd, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Confectionery, Desserts and Puddings

Easter-themed Chocolates and Chocolate Ganache Filling

    On Easter Sunday Mum and I made our own Easter-themed Chocolates. We used Whittakers 50% cocoa dark chocolate. Chocolate with at least 50% cocoa solids is recommended for melting (65% and above is better still). Milk chocolate has a lower amount of cocoa solids and white chocolate has none at all, only cocoa […]

Posted by Admin on May 3rd, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Confectionery, Easter, Icings and Fillings

Easter Holidays

  A selection of eggs and chocolate for an egg-scellent ‘healthy’ Easter feast : Creme Egg, Green Eggs (feijoas), and Candy Covered Chocolate Eggs. (We did actually have a boiled egg for Easter Breakfast followed by the traditional Creme Egg, egg-cetera, egg-cetera). Mum had just read an article and commented on how eating dark chocolate […]

Posted by Admin on May 2nd, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Easter, Pot Luck (miscellaneous)