The sweet midwinter: Flourless chocolate, chestnut & rosemary cake By Skye Mcalpine Published: 00:02 GMT, 6 December 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 6 December 2020 This recipe is adapted from the old Venetian cookbook A Tola Coi Nostri Veci. I make it using sweetened chestnut purée from France. If you can’t find it, use 400g … Read more
The sweet midwinter: Chocolate chestnut meringue pie By Skye Mcalpine Published: 00:02 GMT, 6 December 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 6 December 2020 A Mont Blanc of sorts, in beautiful pie form. The base is made from a mix of chocolate biscuits (any will do but bourbons work particularly well). You’ll need a cook’s blowtorch … Read more
The sweet midwinter: Chocolate & rum pudding By Skye Mcalpine Published: 00:03 GMT, 6 December 2020 | Updated: 00:03 GMT, 6 December 2020 I serve this with sharp berries or, in winter, sliced oranges topped with demerara sugar. You could substitute the rum with ½ tsp ground cinnamon, a splash of orange-flower water and some … Read more
The sweet midwinter: Chocolate & amaretti custard By Skye Mcalpine Published: 00:03 GMT, 6 December 2020 | Updated: 00:03 GMT, 6 December 2020 This is that elusive treat, a recipe you can whip up at the last minute without making a trip to the shops for supplies. If you prefer, you could serve the custard … Read more
Showstopping snacks: Chocolate amaretti By Annie Bell Published: 00:02 GMT, 29 November 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 29 November 2020 Food styling: Emily Kyd. Props styling: Jennifer Kay. Photographer’s assistant: Sophie Bronze. @anniebellcook Divine little crisp chocolate shells with soft amaretti centres. MAKES 12 (V) 150g dark chocolate (approx 70% cocoa), broken into pieces 2 … Read more
A 34-year-old secondary school teacher has created a simple recipe for ‘ridiculously good’ chocolate mint Christmas cookies – and she said they are the perfect addition to any ‘holiday entertaining menu’. Katie Lolas, from Sydney, has over 160,000 online followers who turn to the teacher for meal and snack advice. ‘These are ridiculously good,’ Katie … Read more
Is this the best chocolate cake EVER? Foodies are going wild for this ‘game-changing’ recipe – and it only takes one hour to make Home baker Chloe has shared how to make the ‘best chocolate cake’ She shared a video on TikTok which has been viewed more than 500,00 times The recipe is very simple … Read more
Healthy food options could be made appealing by zapping neurons to ‘reprogram’ your brain into preferring, for example, fruit over chocolate, a study has suggested. When faced with any choice, each alternative causes a different set of nerve cells to fire in your brain — and the more appealing a given option, the faster this … Read more
Chocolate that’s 99% carbon free… but costs you £24.95 for 180g! New brand being stocked at Fortnum & Mason claims to be the first with no virtually adverse effect on environment Sailboat Chocolate is said to be 99 per cent free of carbon emissions New brand says it is first to have virtually no adverse … Read more
You’ve been eating Jaffa Cakes all wrong! McVitie’s reveal the chocolate is on the BOTTOM – but fans aren’t convinced Twitter user claims McVitie’s told him chocolate is on the bottom of a Jaffa Cake Facebook users shared their shock pointing out adverts show chocolate on top McVitie’s previously told MailOnline the chocolate is on … Read more