Oreo Truffles

Hi everyone, tonight I thought I would share with you my recipe for these amazing truffles. They are super quick to make using only 3 (yes 3) ingredients and taste amazing!

Ingredients

• 2 tubs of soft cheese
• 2 packets of Oreos
• 3 bars or milk chocolate

Tools

• 2 sandwhich bags
• Kitchen mallet,rolling pin or glass bottle
• 2 bowls
• Grease proof paper

Method

• Place the biscuits into a sandwhich bag, (i find a packet per bag works best) and using a kitchen mallet or glass bottle smash up the biscuits
• Place the biscuits crumbs into a large bowl and mix in the soft cheese
• Once combined take a spoonful of the mixture and roll into a ball, place these onto some grease proof paper until needed again.
• Next up is the chocolate, break up into chunks and place in a microwaveable bowl
• Pop into the microwave and melt at 30 seconds intervals until fully melted
• Now the fun part, cover all the Oreo balls with the melted chocolate and place in the fridge
• Leave them to set in the fridge and voilà! 

See easy peasy to make but trust me they are out of this world! 

Let me know if you make any by tagging me in your pictures! 

Until next time guys

Eilidh x

Sweet n spicy Carrot Soup

Sweet n Spicy Carrot Soup 

I love nothing more than a bowl of good stick to your ribs soup on a frosty night. This recipe gives the perfect blend of sweet and a kick of spice. Served up with some crusty tiger bread and I am in heaven. 

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 small leeks, sliced
• 800g carrots, sliced
• 2 tsp clear honey
• dried chilli flakes, add depending to your taste
• 2 Vegetable Stock Cubes made up in 2 pints of boiling water

Method

Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the leeks to the pan, cook these off for 3 mins until soft. Now add the carrots, honey and chilli flakes then cook this off for a few minutes.

Pour in the stock, bring this to the boil and simmer for 30 mins. Now you will need your food processor or blender, pour into the mixer and blend the soup a bit at a time, return to a clean pan, then season to taste. 

And that is you, if you are preparing this in advance bring it back to the boil before serving.

Have you tried making soup before, what is your favourite? Let me know below! 

Eilidh 

Gooey Chocolate Brownies

Gooey Chocolate Brownie Recipe

Hi guys, today I thought I would share with you the recipe i use for chocolate brownies. After taking them into work today it seems they are a big hit, and so simple to make!

Ingredients

250 g unsalted butter

200 g dark chocolate, broken up

80 g cocoa powder

65 g self raising flour

360 g caster sugar

4 large free-range eggs

1 bag of White Chocolate buttons (optional)

Method

Preheat your oven to 180°C. Line baking tin/glass dish with greaseproof paper. In a large bowl over some simmering water, melt the butter and the chocolate and mix until smooth. 

In a separate bowl, while your butter and chocolate are melting, mix together the cocoa powder, flour, and sugar, then add this to the melted chocolate. Stir together well. Beat the eggs and mix in until you have a thick silky mixture. At this point I mixed in the white chocolate buttons, however this is an optional extra.

Pour the brownie mix into the baking tray, and place in the middle shelf of the oven for around 25 minutes. The brownies should be slightly springy on the outside but still gooey in the middle. 

Leave to cool in the tray, allowing the brownies to set and then carefully transfer to a chopping board and cut into squares.

I like to eat them on their own, however in a bowl with some vanilla ice cream is a great treat!

Let me know if you make these and share your pictures!