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Friday, 10 December 2010

Chocolate sauce

450 ml
Milk
55 ml
Double cream
350g
Extra bitter chocolate
50g
Sugar
50g
Butter



Method


1.      Place the milk, cream & sugar in a bowl set over a pan of boiling water & stir until the sugar has dissolved.
2.      In a separate bowl melt the chocolate & butter over a bane marie.
3.      Allow the milk to cool slightly before adding to the chocolate & butter, whisk until smooth. its  better  next day as it  has thicken as well can be kept for a week as  well

Clotted Cream Ice Cream

½ pint
Milk
1½ lbs
clotted cream
½
vanilla pod
6
egg yolks
6oz

sugar

















Method


1.     Whisk the egg yolks & sugar together until pale
2.     Bring the milk & the vanilla pod to the boil & pour over the eggs & sugar
3.     Cook out until the mix cats the back of a spoon
4.     Strain through a chinois & then whisk in the clotted cream, allow to cool & churn. (Be careful not to over churn as clotted cream has a higher fat content than double & if over churned will become buttery.

Vanilla Ice Cream


1.4 lt
Milk
1.4 lt
Double  cream
36
Egg yolks
750g
Sugar (vanilla)
6
Vanilla pods
















Method


1        Infuse cream and milk with vanilla pods by bringing just to boiling point.
2        Mix sugar and yolks well.
3        Pour a little of the hot milk & cream over the eggs yolks & mix well before adding the remaining liquid.
4        Place into a clean pan and cook out over a low heat until the liquid begins to thicken a little & coats the back of a spoon.
5        Remove from the heat & pass through a chinois, allow to cool. Its . better if  you leave it for 12 to 24 hrs before churning.