IRISH CREAM TIRAMISU

3 tsp instant coffee

200ml hot water

2 tbsp amaretto

1 small premade cake 
(I used walnut cake for a bit of texture but you could use madeira cake or chocolate cake) 

1 tub of mascarpone 

300ml double cream

3 tsp caster sugar

3 tbsp Irish cream

Cocoa powder to decorate

Make up the coffee with the hot water and add the amaretto. 

Cut out the cake to fit your glass or bowl and dip into the coffee mixture. Then place in the bottom of your glass or bowl. 

Whisk the double cream, mascarpone, Irish cream and sugar together to form soft peaks. 

Add on top of the soaked sponge. 

Sprinkle over the cocoa powder to decorate.

Hope you enjoy, let me know if you have any other recipe requests!

Christmas Food!

Mini Focaccia

500g strong white bread flour

2 tsp salt

2 sachets of yeast

2 tbsp olive oil

400ml cold water

 

Chilli flakes, garlic and rosemary to garnish

 

Place the flour, salt, yeast, olive oil and 300ml of the water into a large bowl. Gently stir to form a dough then knead for ten minutes, gradually adding the remaining water. Cover and leave to rise until doubled in size. Divide the dough into roughly twelve equal balls then leave to prove for one hour in the mini loaf tin. Preheat the oven to 220C/gas 7. Drizzle the loaves with oil, sprinkle with fine sea salt and the garnishes then bake in the oven for 15 minutes.

 

Christmas Viennese Jam Tarts

Short crust pastry

Jam of your choice

 

150g unsalted butter

150g plain flour

30g cornflour

30g icing sugar

 

Cut out pastry circles to fit the tart tin. Fill each tart with a spoonful of jam. For the Viennese whirl topping, cream all the ingredients together and pipe onto the tarts. Bake at 180C/gas 4 for 15-20 minutes.

 

Irish Cream Trifle

This is my favourite dessert of the festive period.

Chocolate cake or chocolate Swiss roll

Big slosh of Irish cream

1 carton of custard

140g chocolate

600ml double cream

 

Break up the cake into a trifle dish. Soak with Irish cream. Top with the custard. Melt the chocolate and leave to cool. Whip the cream until peaks form. Set half the cream aside and whisk the chocolate into the remaining half. Layer the chocolate cream mix into the dish then top with the cream. Decorate with biscuits or chocolate of your choice.

Traditional Christmas Sausage Rolls

Me making sausage rolls is now a Christmas tradition in my family. I simply use pre-made puff pastry, quality sausage meat and an egg glaze. They're very moreish.

Sausage Rolls at Christmas

 

I got taught how to make sausage rolls by a close family friend when I was young, and making them is now a Christmas tradition.

 

I use ready rolled shop bought puff pastry and good quality sausage meat.

Lie three long sausage strips across the pastry and cut along the pasty, leaving room either side of the sausage.

Brush egg along one side and fold the pastry strip over the sausage. Use a fork to crimp along the edge to seal the pastry.

Then cut into individual rolls and make a slit in the top of each roll.

Brush the tops with egg and transfer onto a lined baking tray.

Bake for approximately 10 minutes in a hot oven.