Monday, December 24, 2012

Solstice celebration slice

It's the longest day of the year, the day that the sine curve reaches its peak (for those mathematically-minded) and the day on which we looked forward to the next 12 months. We had a BBQ with friends, a swim in the river and wrote our wishes for the next year on recycled paper and released them into the river from the bridge. Symbolic? Yes. And fun too.
In celebration Rosie and I also made some special slice :-) yum, yum!

Here's the recipe if you're interested in a very unhealthy slice:

Melt 125g of butter with one can of condensed milk, 2 tbls golden syrup or sugar and half a block (at least 100g) of quality dark chocolate in a saucepan over low heat. Stir constantly or it will burn quickly. Keep stirring until the mixture thickens (about 8 mins or so), just like a caramel slice. Once thickened remove from the heat and mix in one packet of crushed sweet biscuits (I used Marie biscuits). Spread into a slice tin immediately and sprinkle the top with chocolate dots (I used white dots to spell the words on my slice but dark or milk dots work well as a top also). Leave the slice for five minutes and the dots will soften enough for you to spread them into clear words, or spread all over the top for chocolate icing. Place in fridge for at least 4 hours to set. Cut into small squares (it's rich stuff!).





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