Recipe of the Week - Luxury Chocolate Risotto!

A traditional Italian dish made with short grain Arborio rice, Risotto is usually served as a savoury meal. However this recipe for a Luxury Chocolate Risotto provides a fun and fantastic option for dessert.

Ingredients

100g Arborio Rice
20g Butter
550ml Milk
30g Sugar
50g Quality Dark Chocolate
100g Chopped Nuts
1/2 Cup of Cherries
1 Banana (Chopped)
1 Apple (Diced)
Handful of Apricots (Chopped)


Method

1. Simmer the milk gently on a low heat.

2. Melt the butter in a separate pot and add the unwashed rice, stirring until the rice is coated.

3. Add a quarter of the milk and allow it to re-boil, stirring frequently.

4. Add the rest of the milk, a bit at a time, until it is all absorbed in approximately 20 minutes.

5. Remove from the heat and add the sugar, chocolate, nuts and fruit, stirring in gently.

6. Allow the risotto to stand briefly before serving hot or cold.


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Recipe of the Week - Chocolate Beetroot Cake

It might sound strange but this is a really moist and delicious chocolate cake. It is also extremely easy to make. For best results dust icing sugar on top of the cake or served it with custard or chocolate sauce.

Ingredients

230g self-raising flour
200g caster sugar
125g unsalted butter
3 large eggs
100g drinking chocolate
100g quality dark chocolate
250g cooked grated beetroot


Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Butter and flour a rounded cake tin.

2. Sift together the flour and drinking chocolate in a bowl, then stir in the sugar.

3. In a bowl suspended over a pot of hot water, slowly melt the chocolate and butter.

4. Add the beetroot and the eggs to the chocolate and butter and mix well.

5. Once fully mixed combined the beetroot mix to the dry ingredients and stir well.

6. Pour the mix into the cake tin and bake for 50 mins until a skewer comes out clean. Leave in tin for ten minutes to cool then serve.


Article posted by Spencer Samaroo, Managing Director, Moo-Lolly-Bar
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You know you love chocolate if....

You know you love chocolate if :

Would you name your child Mars?

1. You name your children  Mars and Twix.

2. You have a tendency to melt in hot weather.

3. You fall asleep by counting the number of chocolate bars you've eaten in the year instead of sheep.

4. You judge people by the type of chocolate they eat.

5. You consider ‘Death by Chocolate’ the only way to go.

6. Your favourite wine is Cocoa Cuvee Brut.

7. You campaign to have a national holiday created to commemorate the discovery of cocoa.

8. Your ideal holiday is a trip to Cadbury's World.

9. Your favourite choice of eatery is the Lindt Cafe.

10. You have severe panic attacks when your down to your last ten bars.


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