Chaud-frois that I made at college.
It’s an old fashioned way of presenting things (mainly meat and fish) for buffets.
The item is cooked, then covered in a bechamel that has gelatin added. The decorations are added, made from aubergine, peppers and cucumber skins.
They’re then covered in aspic jelly!
The chocolate still needs trimming off round the bottom to make it neater.. surprisingly easy to make…
Line a tin
Melt ~500g of toffee and pour into the tin.
Add a layer of wafer (the ones you can get for icecream)
Make some buttercream and mix with peanut butter, put half into the tin and cover with more wafer.
Add the rest of the buttercream and the final layer of wafer.
Melt ~250g chocolate and pour in. Put in the freezer overnight to set.
Turn out
Melt ~1kg of chocolate and mix in some rice crispies. Pour over the bar and leave to set
Trim off the excess and enjoy!
Made a while back but I just re-found the photo..
Filled to bursting with whipped cream and covered with melted chocolate
I decided to have a go at making croissants, it didn’t go too badly.. I think there was a misprint in the recipe that asked for 100g of yeast!
The dough was too soft I think and the butter just squished out of it when it was being rolled. And then I didn’t get it thin enough when rolling so they turned out monstrously huge!
All in all not too bad for a first attempt, they’re nice.. more like a danish than a croissant, but not too bad…
The most fantabulous amazing cheesecake, and so easy to make..
Ok, maybe my presentation needs a little work, but it tastes damn good.
A packet of chocolate cookies and butter for the base.
Lots of melted chocolate, 3oz sugar, 200g Marscapone, 200g yoghurt and a carton of lightly whipped cream for the topping.
Awesome!
Since I appear to have made it to the main Aberddu page.. look at the shiney link there to me!
Anyway.. I am, if you didn’t know already, going to South Africa in October, and I want to raise money for that trip
So if between now and October you want anything made, anything at all, I will make it for a small cost
Please buy stuff!
They worked! This year they actually worked!
Okay I overcooked them a little so they’re a little crisp on the outside.. but they worked!
1 tbsp dried yeast (I used a sachet)
100ml warm water
1lb plain flour
1 3/4oz demerera sugar
milk
1 tsp salt
1 egg
1oz softened butter
2 tsp spices
3oz dried fruit
eggwash (egg and sugar)
flour and water
Mix the yeast with water and a small amount of flour, cover and leave for 30 mins – this depends on the type of yeast you’re using, with sachets it makes little difference.
Put everything except the milk in a mixer with dough hooks and mix.
Add milk til it’s the right consistency
Knead til smooth
Cover and leave
Roll into balls (8-12) place on a greased sheet and leave
Eggwash and add crosses
Cook at 230C for 10 minutes then 170C for 15-20 mins
Enjoy!
I found an absolutely awesome recipe for honeycomb…
4 tbsp Sugar
2 tbsp Golden Syrup
2 tsp water
1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
Dissolve everything except the bicarb in a pan and boil for 7 minutes
Remove from heat and stir in the bicarb
Quickly transfer to a lined tin and leave to set
It’s amazing, quick and easy, and no need for sugar thermometers
On the downside I still can’t find a good recipe for fudge 
