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Food Review – Magnum Crème Brûlée

14th August 2014 by Freycob

2014 sees the 25th Anniversary of Magnum Ice Creams; those light and creamy ice creams, thickly coated in chocolate that I personally find very hard to resist!

Selfridges in Oxford Street currently have a Magnum bar where you can go in and create your own, unique and bespoke Magnum to enjoy and celebrate their special birthday.

Also exclusive to Selfridges is the Creme Brûlée limited edition. Smooth and creamy ice cream containing caramelised sugar pieces and enrobed in a thick milk chocolate is a true taste sensation!

Crack through the chocolate.

Bite into the smooth ice cream.

Crunch on the caramelised sugar pieces.

Heaven on a little wooden stick!

They’re currently retailing at £3.00 each. If you get the chance, pop into Selfridges and treat yourself to one; I’m sure you won’t be disappointed!

I was sent a voucher with which to purchase my exclusive, limited edition, Creme Brûlée Magnum to try. I was under no obligation to write a review, positive or otherwise of these ice creams. All opinions are my own and that of my family, who also enjoyed one.

Rhubarb, Apple & Ginger Crumble

25th June 2014 by Freycob

My rhubarb is a little pathetic this year; yielding a measly 4 sticks, which is not really enough to make a crumble for a family of 4. Not to be deterred, I grabbed a couple of dessert apples from the fruit bowl and a jar of crystallised ginger from the cupboard and whipped up a pudding in less than an hour (and that included washing up!) I think that rhubarb and ginger are a perfect combination, and judging by the empty bowls all round, my family think so too. Some of the ingredients I didn’t measure out personally, but to help you, I’ve given you the approximate quantities that I used for the fruit base.

4 sticks Rhubarb

2 dessert Apples

3 balls crystallised ginger

2tbs (rounded) Soft dark brown sugar

Crumble

200g Self raising flour

100g Unsalted butter

100g Soft dark brown sugar

2tsp Ground ginger

1. Preheat your oven to 180C.

2. Peel and slice the rhubarb into 1.5cm slices.

3. Dice the apples into 1cm cubes.

4. Chop the crystallised ginger quite finely.

5. Place the rhubarb, apples, ginger and sugar into a saucepan with 30ml cold water.

6. Bring to a gentle boil, then simmer for about 10 minutes until the fruit has started to soften and release their juices.

7. In a food processor, blitz the flour, cold butter, sugar and ground ginger until it resembles breadcrumbs.

8. Pour the fruit into a heatproof dish and top with the crumble mix.

9. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the top is golden.

Serve with cream, custard, clotted cream or ice cream. I love the fruity ‘jam’ that mixes with the edges of the crumble mix as it bubbles though. Enjoy!

Cherry & Almond Crumble

28th February 2012 by Freycob

Looking for a quick and simple pudding? Then look no further. As I was on a course with work today, and my hubby was cooking dinner, I wanted something that was quick and tasty for dessert. I always have the basics in my cupboards but I also had a jar of pitted cherries that I’d bought in Lidl recently, so put a tasty recipe together in about 5 minutes ready for the oven. (Apologies for the photo quality, it was taken on my phone).

Crumble
110g (4oz) Self Raising flour
60g (2oz) Ground almonds
85g (3oz) Demerara sugar
85g (3oz) Butter, chilled

Filling
680g (24oz) jar (350g/12 1/4oz drained weight) pitted cherries in syrup (Lidl)
30g (1oz) Granulated sugar
5ml (1tsp) Almond extract
10ml (2tsp) cornflour
15ml (1tbs) cold water

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Mix together the flour, almonds and sugar.
3. Cut the butter into small cubes and rub into the flour/almond/sugar mixture until it resembles bread crumbs.
4. Drain the cherries, putting the juice into a small saucepan.
5. Place the drained cherries in the bottom of a 25cm/10″ round dish.
6. Add the granulated sugar to the cherry syrup and bring to the boil.
7. Continue to boil for 5 minutes until reduced by a third.
8. Mix the cornflour with the cold water.
9. Add the almond extract and the cornflour mixture to the boiling syrup.
10. Continue to boil, STIRRING CONSTANTLY, until thickened.
11. Pour thickened cherry syrup onto your cherries in the dish.
12. Sprinkle your crumble mix over the top evenly.
13. Cook for 30-35 minutes until golden.
14. Remove and serve hot with custard / ice cream / cream according to your preference.

Hope you enjoy this as much as we did this evening.

Rosie
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Food Review – Magnum Crème Brûlée

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