Bits of Carey

Often Hubby and I crave a sweet nibble with our last coffee for the night. Usually happens around 9 -10 pm -ish!

Here’s a few sweet and satisfying ideas you could try should you ever get a sweet urge late at night. Be sure to go for a jog in the morning and have a salad for lunch after! ha ha!

Eet sum mor egg melt

Have left over mallow eggs? This is what you do!

For 1 stack/1 person

2 eet sum more’s

1 marshmallow egg, halved

Layer the biscuits and cut mallows, microwave to your liking. YUMMY GOODNESS! A real mood lifter

Then there’s the

Flapjacks with caramelised banana and apple

You will need:

4 Flapjacks(I freeze them and microwave when I need)

30 ml butter

50 ml brown sugar

50 ml cream

2 bananas, sliced

1 apple, sliced

Add butter, sugar and cream to a saucepan and heat until all the butter melts and the sugar dissolves.

Once the caramel has thickened somewhat and the colour changes to a nutty brown, add the fruit. Heat through for 3 -5 minutes.

Stack caramelised fruit in between 2 warm flapjacks and top with some more fruit.

Serve with icecream or just as is(we ate it just like this).

*you can replace the apple with more banana, I quite like the the tartness of the apple though, it breaks the sweetness of the other goodies.

And lastly some eye candy, a beautiful pic I took 2 weeks ago that had to be shared…..

wait for it…….

almost there….

MY HONEY

Isn’t nature just amazing? I’m obsessed with food in it’s most natural form!  Delicious honey comb from Bee and Kee Honey shop in Kleinmond.

Natural light really helped with this shot!

Hope your week is going down sweetly!

CX

Sweet and fruity with bits of grape and a suttle hint of Rosemary. Yummy! Delicious with Brie, Camembert, Blue cheese, Goats, even Pecorino on freshly baked Health bread or ciabatta!

Had lots of grapes in the fridge and Rosemary in the garden and thought, “Let’s give it a bash!”

Makes +- 300 ml

You will need:

500 g seedless red grapes

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup water

3 sprigs of Rosmary

Juice and zest of 1/2 a lemon

Place grapes, sugar, water and rosmary into a heavy based pot and heat gently until all the sugar dissolves.

Bring to the boil and simmer for 35- 40 minutes until reduced and thicker in consistency. Stir and squash the grapes all the while.

To check if it is ready, place a teaspoon full onto a plate and run your finger through it. The syrup should stay apart.

Stir in the juice and lemon zest and pour into a sterilized jar. Seal. Eat after 2 days(allows it to set and to develop the flavour).

Last up to 4 weeks in the fridge.

Excuse the flash – was dark in the kitchen!

2 days later. Success.

Enjoy!

My gift to you!

Cx

 Here’s the proof! I finally did it after how many years! Oh my Fudge! I am so proud. I must say, it’s really not as complicated as we are brainwashed to believe during our years of cookery training! Forget the thermometer, washing the sugar crystals off the sides and yes, you still get the perfect fudge! Oh so delicious! I’m on a serious sugar buzz! So this is what I did…

Makes 24 squares

You will need:

1/2 cup water

1 can of full cream condensed milk

4 cups sugar

125 g butter

30 ml golden syrup

1 t vanilla essence

1t vinegar

Add the water, condensed milk, sugar, butter and golden syrup. Heat gently allowing the sugar to dissolve. Then bring to a gentle boil for +- 30 minutes until it caramelizes and thickens as seen above. Remove form the heat and stir in the vanilla and vinegar.

Beat the fudge mixture with an electric beater(I find it much easier than doing it manually!) until the colour lightens and it has thickened .

Spread into a greased rectangular dish and cool until firm enough to cut into squares(about 20 minutes). Then allow to stand for 1 hour before removing from the dish.

 Now look at that! Velvety smooth, sweet and buttery! Bliss!

Store in an airtight container if you don’t manage to finish them all off!

Adapted this recipe from Pamela Shippel