When I was growing up, Christmas was a time my Mother dreaded. There were four children to buy presents for and there was Christmas lunch or dinner to consider and my Mother hated cooking. We lived in a house next door to our Grandmother. Each Christmas Eve before we went to bed our Grandmother, “Nanna”,…
Chocolate recipes
Chocolate Shortbread, Easter treats
It’s a really busy time for us this March. Skater has now finished school but is going to The Australian Institute of Music or AIM a musical university. He is studying Audio but this also involves him being part of the musical community of the college by joining an ensemble. He has keyboard classes, composition…
Dark Chocolate Tart
This Dark Chocolate Tart is light fluffy and extremely….. dark. Change it up if you like, there’s lots of ideas below. Recently I was asked to come up with a recipe using 80% Callebaut chocolate. Chocolate with such a high cocoa percentage isn’t for everyone but if you love the intensity of dark chocolate with…