Eclairs
These long, puffy buns are filled with cream and topped with rich chocolate icing. The buns are made with choux pastry, which is made by bringing butter and water to the boil, tipping in the flour and then beating in…
Ingredients double cream
Strawberry and Yogurt Eton Mess
Eton mess is a dessert of English origin consisting of a mixture of strawberries, pieces of meringue and cream, which is traditionally served at Eton College’s annual prize-giving celebration picnic on the “Fourth of June” (actually celebrated on the last…
Welsh Rarebit
There is no small amount of disagreement about what constitutes Welsh Rarebit. Many contend that it is just cheese on toast. At the other end of the spectrum are a variety of recipes in which the bread is steeped in…
Butterscotch Sauce
Ingredients 300 g brown sugar or Muscovado sugar 150 g unsalted butter 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 tbsp black treacle (optional) 300 ml double cream (~48% butterfat) Procedure Combine the sugar, butter, vanilla, and treacle in a saucepan over low…
Vanilla Ice Cream (Custard-Based)
Ingredients 500 ml (2⅛ cups) full-fat milk 5 oz (140 g) caster sugar A few drops of vanilla essence 150 ml (⅔ cup) double cream 6 egg yolks Procedure Pour milk into a pot with vanilla and bring almost to…
Banoffee Pie
Ingredients 9 oz (250 g / 16 ea.) gingernut (or digestive) biscuits 10 oz (275 g / 2¼ sticks) butter 1 tin (400 g / 14 oz) sweetened condensed milk 6 oz (175 g / ¾ cup) caster sugar ¼…
Waterzooi
Waterzooi is a classic stew in Northern Belgian cuisine. Its name is Dutch, meaning “watery mess”. The original form uses fish, though today chicken waterzooi is more common, as well as vegetables such as carrots, leeks, and potatoes, as well…
Mock Hollandaise Sauce II
Ingredients 200 g butter 200 ml double cream 6–8 egg yolks Black pepper Ground nutmeg Procedure Melt the butter—it should not get brown, just melted. Add the cream and the egg yolks. Add the pepper and the nutmeg. Heat up…
Chocolate Truffles
Chocolate truffles are soft chocolate balls. This recipe makes about 24. Ingredients 8 oz (227 g) bittersweet/plain chocolate, chopped into small pieces 6 imperial tablespoons (7.2 US tablespoons / 108 ml) double cream (48% fat) Cocoa powder Icing sugar Procedure…
Chocolate Sauce
A simple recipe that is a delicious sauce for Éclairs and other desserts. Ingredients 1½ oz butter 1½ oz caster sugar 1½ fluid oz (70 ml) double cream 1½ oz plain chocolate Procedure Melt all the ingredients in a saucepan…
Banana Curry
Ingredients 750 g banana (slightly unripe) ½ teaspoon cumin seeds ½ teaspoon turmeric powder ½ teaspoon garam masala or good curry powder 2 teaspoons lemon juice ½ glass of milk 4 tablespoons double cream ½ teaspoon chile pepper powder 30…