What is the best tea to drink with chocolate? Successful combinations of tea and chocolate can be achieved in a variety of ways. You can look for tea/chocolate pairings that share similar flavor characteristics, thereby enhancing one another. Conversely, you can also find very satisfying combinations where the flavors of the tea and chocolate contrast […] via WHAT TEA IS THE BEST TEA TO DRINK WITH CHOCOLATE ?… — The Village Kitchen…
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The British Corner Shop is a unique online supermarket for expats from around the world. Whether they miss Marmite or crave Warburtons crumpets, they can deliver your British favourites straight to the door. Their website stocks over 10,000 products from Britain’s most loved brands, meaning you can enjoy the British food you miss, wherever you are in the world. You don’t have to be a British expat to use the service. If you have friends or relatives overseas who may be missing the taste of home they order them a box of British Happiness.
This is a great recipe for Pumpkin Loaf Cake for Halloween which I found on the Oakhillhomestead site… Pumpkin Bread 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp nutmeg 1/8 tsp mace 1/8 tsp allspice 1/4 tsp ginger 3 cups sugar 4 eggs, beaten 2 cups of fresh pumpkin or 16 oz of canned pumpkin 1/2 cup water if pumpkin is fresh or frozen OR 2/3 cup water if pumpkin is canned 1 cup vegetable oil 1 cup chopped pecans (optional) Preheat the oven to 350°F. Combine the flour, soda,…
#Chocolate – is it good or bad for you? There has been lots written in the tabloids about the benefits of eating #chocolate but is this true or false? Well, according to Medical News Today, #chocolate receives a lot of bad press because of its high fat and sugar content. Its consumption has been associated with acne, obesity, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, and diabetes. … #chocolate’s antioxidant potential may have a range of health benefits. Some studies have suggested #chocolate could lower cholesterol levels and prevent memory decline. Researchers who studied cyclists doing time trials in the U.K. found that “After eating dark #chocolate, the…
National Baking Week this year takes place during 15th-21st October. Pyrex originally founded National Baking Week back in 2007 with other like-minded baking brands, with the aim of encouraging people of all abilities to bake at home. With Britain’s fascination with baking and cooking shows growing year on year, baking at home is as popular as ever, no matter what the level of ability. Here are a few reasons why baking at home has other benefits than just eating the yummy creations! 1. Baking stimulates the senses 2. Nourishing activities feel good 3. Cooking is Meditative 4. Baking is creative
Chocolate Week, the nation’s favourite themed week, returns for a 14th consecutive year, celebrating the world of fine #chocolate from 15 to 21 October 2018. Hundreds of events are expected this Chocolate Week around the UK, with the country’s top chocolatiers and #chocolate companies, as well as hotels, bars and restaurants celebrating by hosting talks, tastings, demonstrations and sampling, as well as creating exclusive products, new launches, offers, #chocolate meals, cocktails and recipes using some of the best #chocolate brands from around the world. Chocolate Week aims to promote fine flavour #chocolate, the independent artisan chocolatiers and the #chocolate companies…
The most popular post I wrote in September was all about soups, Five Reasons Why Soup is the Ultimate Comfort Food. I am sure it was so popular due to the change in the seasons at the moment with Autumn on our doorstep and feeling more like a lovely warm soup rather than a salad seems to tempt us. Nowadays you could just about make any type of soup in a matter of minutes but and you can find an abundance of recipes on the internet but how many of you have a soup maker to cook it in and…
Now Autumn is well and truly kicking in, the nights are starting to draw in and the mercury is on a slow downward slope, our bodies start to crave the warmth of comfort food. But instead of opting for stodgy, carb-based staples that will comprise all the salads you ate during the summer, discover afresh the ultimate cold weather comfort food – soup. Quick and easy to prepare, extremely versatile, nourishing and healthful, it’s a great comfort food to turn to when it gets chilly outside. There are so many great qualities that mean soup deserves to be your new…
Before icing a cake, sprinkle the top with some flour, this will stop the icing from running down over the edges of the cake.
We had a recent one week’s cruise to Bruges in Brussels, Copenhagen and Skagen in Denmark and Oslo in Sweden. The weather was beautiful apart from in Oslo where it was dull and damp but that certainly didn’t spoil our visit. Our first port of call was Bruges where we could easily walk to from the ship and where we were determined to have some of their famous moules frites. Our second port of call was Copenhagen where we were told before we embarked that eating a meal in Copenhagen was very very expensive so we decided to just have…
5 Tips on using the right type of sugar in your baking. With such a choice of sugars, it’s difficult to decide which one is best. They say caster sugar should be used for sponge cakes, soft brown dark or light is good for ginger and fruitcakes. Only use demerara if the ingredients you are using have been heated before baking as its courser and requires dissolving before cooking. Other sweeteners include treacle which is good for chocolate, ginger and fruitcake. However, it’s not as sweet as the golden syrup which is nicely mixed with spices, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg.…
The Dairy Box of Home Cookery by Emily Anderson is a special anniversary edition of this book celebrating 50 years of this classic cookbook, featuring 950 classic recipes including 50 new recipes sure to become firm family favourites. The Dairy Dairy website has lots of gift ideas around this famous book with recipes and competitions to enter. The legendary Dairy Book of Home Cookery is the perfect reference book for both novice and experienced cooks. It’s cited as one of the most trusted recipe books of all time and is revered by all those who own a copy. It has…
The general rule of thumb for converting a recipe from a conventional oven to a convection oven is to either use the same temperature and bake for 75% of the stated time (i.e. if a recipe says to bake for 20 minutes, bake for only 15 if using a convection oven), or you can reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees F and bake for the same time or use a combination of reduced time and temperature. You can check out this Convection Oven Temperature Conversion Calculator online and if you open the oven door as little as possible during…