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Childrens Christmas Puddings
A nice and simple recipe that looks effective and is sure to be a hit with children and adults alike.
Ingredients
1 Packet of Mallowpuffs
White Cooking Chocolate
Jaffas
Green Fruit Jubes (cut in half length ways)
Method
1. Melt the chocolate in the microwave
2. Drizzle melted chocolate over mallowpuff to resemble custard covering a Christmas pudding
3. Before the chocolate has set, place a jaffa on the top with 2 cut green fruit jubes to make a holly shape.
Yum! |
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Christmas Nut Pies
A great alternative to Christmas mince pies, these delicious tarts are always a favourite at our store openings with our customers.
Makes 24
Ingredients
125 gm Butter
1 Cup Flour
½ Cup Icing Sugar
¾ Cup Mixed Nuts (Macadamias, Hazelnuts, Pecans, Almonds, Brazil)
60 Gm Butter – melted
1 Egg
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Tsp Vanilla Essence
Method
Place first measure of butter, flour and icing sugar into the food processor and run the machine till the pastry clumps into a ball.
Divide into 24 balls and with floured hands press the pastry into the bases and up the sides of non-stick (or greased) mini muffin tins.
Refrigerate for 30 mins.
Mix egg, brown sugar and vanilla essence into the melted butter and beat with a wooden spoon till smooth and a little “gluey”.
Divide nuts between the cold pastry cases and spoon over filling mixture. Do not overfill the cases.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20 minutes or until pastry is golden.
Take out of the oven and leave a few minutes. Give each pie a little turn to loosen the bottom and gently lift from tin to a cooling rack.
Serve warm with cream or dusted with icing sugar.
Note: the cases can be filled with Christmas fruit mix if desired.
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Christmas Rocky Road
Thank you Christine for sending us your yummy rocky road recipes, it is so good we even served it at our store preview evenings this year! Yum yum yum
Milk Chocolate Rocky Road
Ingredients:
Packet of Soft Jubes
Packet of Marshmallows
Cup of salted or unsalted peanuts
Two Blocks of chocolate
Break up the chocolate and melt in an oven proof pyrex jub or bowl on high till the chocolate is just melted.
Cut up the jubes and marshmallows. Add all ingredients into the melted chocolate. Pour into a tin and refridgerate until set. Cut into cubes.
White Chocolate Variety
Ingredients:
Packet of white marshmallows - 500gm
Packet of macadamia nuts
Cup of long dessicated coconut
Two blocks of chocolate
Break up the chocolate and melt in an open proof pyrex jog or bowl on high for 2 minutes in the microwave.
Cut up the marshmallows. Add all the ingredients into the melted chocoate.
Pour into a tin and refridgerate until set. Cut into cubes |
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Oatmeal spice cookie
Incredibly easy to make with standard ingrediants.
Dry ingredients (makes 36)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup raisins
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Throw all of these ingredients into a large mixing bowl and give it a good mix up with your (clean!) hands.
Wet ingredients
3/4 cup butter or margarine (softened at room temp)
1 egg (slightly beaten)
1 tsp vanilla essence
Add all of the above to the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly until completely blended. Get your hands in there to make sure it's completely mixed.
Shape into balls the size of walnuts and place on a cookie sheet (I prefer to grease and flour the sheet).
Bake at 175 degrees C for 10 - 13 minutes until edges are slightly browned.
* Cook for slightly longer to have crunchy cookies or a bit shorter for softer ones, depending on how you like them!
Allow to cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheet before placing on rack.
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Toffee Pop Truffles
This is a very simple and very yummy recipe. We served this at our Mid-Winter Christmas evenings in our stores and has proved to be very popular! Thank-you to Mara for sharing this delightful truffle recipe with us.
Ingredients:
A packet of toffee pop biscuits
2 Tablespoons of cream cheese
Cadbury flake chocolate bar
Method:
In a food processor whiz the cadbury flake until just broken up. Alternatively crush in a plastic bag with a rolling pin. Set aside.
In processor chop up the biscuits and cream cheese until well mixed.
Roll mixture into balls and coat with flake.
Makes about 20 depending on truffle size. Chill & enjoy!
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Christmas Apple Pie
Serve with vanilla ice cream and hard sauce
Ingredients:
a. Graham cracker crust (you can make your own or use a pre-made one)
1 large egg white (slightly beaten)
b. 5 Cups fresh peeled apples
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
3 Tablespoons whole wheat flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (we generally add a bit more)
c. 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 stick melted butter (a bit over 1/3 cup)
Directions:
1. Brush egg white on crust, bake until light brown -- about 6 minutes (if store bought)
2. Combine b mix well, spoon into crust
3. Mix c put on as the top of the pie in thin sheets
4. Bake at 375 farenheit for about 50 minutes
5. Cool for about 4 hours. |
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Christmas Chocolate & Fruit Pudding with Warm Chocolate Sauce
A brilliant recipe for a large group of people with very little preparation time needed. Yummy!
Pudding
300g wholemeal flour
150g flour
1 tsp mixed spice
2 tsp baking soda
450ml milk
250ml golden syrup
100g chopped dried apricots
100g chocolate chips
Chocolate Sauce
200g Belgian style cooking chocolate chopped
250ml cream
Berries to garnish
Method
Bring a large pot, half full of water to the boil. Mix the flours, mixed spice and baking soda together in a bowl, then make a well in the middle and pour in the milk and golden syrup. Slowly incorporate the liquid, then mix together well. Stir in the dried apricots and chocolate chips.
Brush a tin with butter and dust with flour, and pour in the mixture, cover with buttered tin foil and then carefully place in a pot of boiling water. The water should be half way up the side of the tin at all times. Cook the pudding for 1 hour at a steady simmer. Once cooked, cool on a cooling rack.
Chocolate Sauce
Melt the chocolate in a stainless steel bowl over a pot of simmering wter. Heat the cream slightly in another pan, then quickly mix into the warm melted chocolate. Remove fromt he heat, but keep warm.
Slice the warm or cold pudding into portions, pour over some chocolate sauce, and garnish with fresh berries and mint. Serve immediately
Recipe provided by Anita Burton-Hunt |
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Nut and Fruit Stuffing for Turkey
This full of flavour stuffing made a delicious change from the usual bread based variety. Easy to make and makes a generous quantity, easily fills a 6.5 turkey. Enjoy!
Ingredients
6 rashers bacon, finely diced
1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
1 cup whole almonds
1½ cups diced plump dried figs
½ cup chopped parsley
½ cup sherry
1 cup fresh wholemeal breadcrumbs
100g butter, softened
Salt and pepper to season
Method
In a frying pan, cook the back and onion in a knob of butter until onion is lightly coloured, but not burnt. Add almonds, continue to cook until they are lightly toasted. Stir in figs, parsley and sherry, simmer for a few minutes until sherry has evaporated. Add breadcrumbs and season with salt and pepper. Cool completely before stuffing poultry. |
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Sweet and sour sauce
A quick and easy sweet and sour recipe. We made this with left over chicken as it was too early for turkey! But I am sure this is great with turkey as well.
Christmas Turkey leftovers in Sweet and Sour Sauce
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp cornflour
1/4 cup of water - combine these three ingredients in microwave dish
Add 1 small tin of crushed pineapple
1/2 cup of cider vinegar
1/4 chopped green capsicum (green pepper)
1/4 chopped red capsicum (red pepper)
2 tbsp of soya sauce
Clove of garlic (optional)
Microwave on high for approximately 7 minutes - stir every two minutes.
Add small pieces of turkey (or chicken, or make your own meatballs) and stir through.
Serve with rice or your favourite vegetables.
For larger servings double the mixture but cut down on the sugar. |
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 Famous EggNog!
8 Egg yolks combined with 8 tablespoons of sugar
1/2 cup of rum
1/2 cup of brandy
1 cup of whisky
3 cups of cream
8 Eggs whites, beaten milk nutmeg.
Directions:
Beat the yolks until thick then add the sugar and continue beating.
Add the liquors and let the yolks "settle" for several hours, covered, in the refrigerator.
Fold in the whipped cream and stiffly beaten egg whites, when ready to serve.
If the eggnog is too thick, add a little milk. Serve in cups and garnish with nutmeg.
Most importantly enjoy! |
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