I adore Nigella and I love to watch this beautiful woman on TV, I watch her while reading, I watch her while I clean the mess that is our flat. She cooks what I would cook if I had the money and a family that would eat something this sophisticated.
I adore her Christmas series ( would love to get my hands on the book) and I just love her Christmas Rocky Road.
But I am lazy and I bake and bake Christmas Cookies when I have time so why should I go shopping just for this Chocolate covered mix?
I look and I have the answer. I use what is laying around from my baking.
Christmas Rocky Road the leftover way
150g dark chocolate, chopped
250g milk chocolate, chopped
175g softened butter, plus extra for greasing
4 tbsp golden syrup
200g Spekulatius (spiced almond biscuit) or amaretti
100g peanuts
100g red glace cherries ( I love them and would have added 100g more, but I ate them)
125g marshmallows (I used the big ones and cut them up, easier would be to use the mini marshmallows)
1 tbsp icing sugar
Place the chocolate, butter and golden syrup into a heavy-based pan. Cook over low heat until melted.
Place the cookies into a frezzer bad and bash with a rolling pin or a pan to brake them up, you should stop as soon as you have crumbs of various sizes.
Do the same with the nuts.
Now add the nuts and the cookie crumbs to the chocolate and mix. Next you add the cherries and the marshmallows. Fold the mixture until everything is coatet.
Pour the mixture into a 25cm x 30cm/12in greased and lined baking tray and smooth the surface as much as possible.
Refrigerate until firm enough to cut. Dust with icing sugar.
Remove the block of rocky road from the tray and cut into 24 rectangles.
Eat and tell me what you think. See you next time.
1 comment:
I am a huge Nigella fan too - I can't get enough of her. I don't have the Xmas book, but have many of her others. Your Rocky Road sounds delish - the adfdition of the Speculaas is a nice touch.
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