It looks like it was crafted by the finest of dessert chefs, but this cheat’s chocolate mousse with Swiss marshmallow meringue is incredibly easy. Your guests will be wowed and your true culinary laziness will never be discovered! Recipes and styling by Andria Neophytou Assisted by Andrea Pafitis-Hill and Jani Venter Photograph by Dawie Verwey
Print Recipe Vanilla sponge with caramel sauce and salted peanut brittle Ingredients 1 packet GOLDEN CLOUD Vanilla Cake Mix CARAMEL SAUCE 200g castor sugar 125ml (½ cup) light corn syrup 60g butter 60ml (¼ cup) water 190ml (¾ cup) condensed milk a pinch of salt 250ml (1 cup) double-thick cream SALTED PEANUT BRITTLE 250g salted
Print Recipe Cheddar and chive shortbread with creamed feta and piquanté peppers Serves: 4 – 6 Cooking Time: 45 minutes Ingredients SHORTBREAD 180g unsalted butter, softened 200g cake flour, sifted salt and cayenne pepper, to taste 4 large egg yolks 500ml (2 cups) cheddar cheese, grated 30ml (2 tbsp) chives, finely chopped CREAMED FETA 200g
Print Recipe Madeleines in chocolate with lime cream Serves: 24 Cooking Time: 45 minutes Ingredients Clover Farmstyle Butter, to grease cake flour, to dust Madeleines 200g Clover Farmstyle Salted Butter, melted 250g castor sugar 6 eggs 2 egg yolks juice of 1 lemon small pinch salt 250g cake flour 200g dark chocolate, broken into blocks
As if gin needed to be more appealing. Pink gin is near irresistible, no small thanks to its bedazzling colour. This is the perfect glass of cool glamour.
The combination of grilled corn in the soft, yeasty blinis gives this recipe an interesting taste and texture. To drink: Warwick Estate Chardonnay’s subtle toastiness has an underlying…
The lovely thing about Eccles cakes is that you can eat them whenever you like. They’re delicious for breakfast or with a bit of cheese and some beer for lunch, but my favourite way to eat them is with a lovely cup of tea in the afternoon.
We’re loving season 2 of Clover’s Little Big Cook Off – the teams are just amazing to watch, we can’t believe how talented those kids are. But we…
Print Recipe Caramelised tomatoes, haloumi and wild rocket Serves: 4 – 6 Cooking Time: 30 mins Ingredients 4 tomatoes, halved 30ml (2 tbsp) olive/avocado oil 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 1 haloumi block, cubed juice of ½ a lemon 100g wild rocket, to serve Instructions 1 Preheat
Print Recipe Pickled carrots Serves: 5 as a garnish Cooking Time: 2 hours 30 minutes (or up to 1 week) + extra, to cool Ingredients 1 large carrot 110ml water 110ml rice wine vinegar 65g sugar Instructions 1 Peel the carrot, slice as thinly as possible lengthways using a mandoline and julienne the carrot. 2
TWO ACRES TEA ROOM Kathleen Hornby Walsh’s tips on planting your own herb garden (from the article ‘Country Strong’ (August 2014) Caring for and maintaining your herbs: •…