Em's diary

[scrumper]

Blurgggghhhh!!!!

I actually have a recipe (Paul A Young's book) for Marmite chocolate truffles. Much as I hate Marmite, I think the man's a genius and trust his judgement so I'll be making them at some point to give them a go.

oooo post the recipe sounds yummy

 

[dukandebut]

oooo post the recipe sounds yummy

I love your sense of adventure, scrumps!

Here you go:

From Paul A Young's Adventures in Chocolate (I want to marry him)

This is for the ganache, but it's so soft that it's best to put a chocolate shell around it.

1 small jar of Marmite
1 litre spring water
500g golden caster sugar
750g Madagascan chocolate 64% dark, broken into pieces

Pour the Marmite, water and sugar in a pan, bring to the boil and simmer for 3 mins. It is very important to do this in order to mellow the flavour of the Marmite slightly. Pour on to the chocolate and then emulsify in a blender for 30 seconds. Allow to cool before using to fill shells, or leave to set in the fridge and then hand roll truffles. This ganache will last for 2 weeks in kept in fridge.

 

[scrumper]

I love your sense of adventure, scrumps!

Here you go:

From Paul A Young's Adventures in Chocolate (I want to marry him)

This is for the ganache, but it's so soft that it's best to put a chocolate shell around it.

1 small jar of Marmite
1 litre spring water
500g golden caster sugar
750g Madagascan chocolate 64% dark, broken into pieces

Pour the Marmite, water and sugar in a pan, bring to the boil and simmer for 3 mins. It is very important to do this in order to mellow the flavour of the Marmite slightly. Pour on to the chocolate and then emulsify in a blender for 30 seconds. Allow to cool before using to fill shells, or leave to set in the fridge and then hand roll truffles. This ganache will last for 2 weeks in kept in fridge.

oh man im going to google him ....deffo on my treat list , my friend will be begging me to make it

 

[robinhood]

I love your sense of adventure, scrumps!

Here you go:

From Paul A Young's Adventures in Chocolate (I want to marry him)

This is for the ganache, but it's so soft that it's best to put a chocolate shell around it.

1 small jar of Marmite
1 litre spring water
500g golden caster sugar
750g Madagascan chocolate 64% dark, broken into pieces

Pour the Marmite, water and sugar in a pan, bring to the boil and simmer for 3 mins. It is very important to do this in order to mellow the flavour of the Marmite slightly. Pour on to the chocolate and then emulsify in a blender for 30 seconds. Allow to cool before using to fill shells, or leave to set in the fridge and then hand roll truffles. This ganache will last for 2 weeks in kept in fridge.[/QUOTE]

This ganache will last for 2 years... who's going to eat it?

HATE MARMITE! (love Bovril)

 

[anjuschka]

Hmm I must try this - my dad is a Marmite AND a dark chocolate fan... But I don't have a blender....

 

[dukandebut]

This ganache will last for 2 years... who's going to eat it?

HATE MARMITE! (love Bovril)

I do hope that you're not insulting my future husband (when I've divorced the current one)'s recipes, Laura.

 

[robinhood]

I do hope that you're not insulting my future husband (when I've divorced the current one)'s recipes, Laura.

No, I'm sure his recipes are great generally, but I can guarantee that, in this house, a chocolate/marmite mix would get tasted and left in the bottom of the fridge until it got chucked!

We are all partial to bovril (on toast - back in the day) but marmite got the thumbs down from the kids too (so we have a jar on the shelf that has a tiny bit out of it that I should probably bin - either that or make the truffles - I could send them to Tania - she can have them for her first gala).

 

[scrumper]

yeah the price of marmite nowdays lol

 

[dukandebut]

Blurrggh to Bovril, too! How on earth can you eat that stuff (although I'd probably like it in chocolate, knowing me)?

 

[scrumper]

opps weve hijacked again .............
i lurveeeeeeeeeee marmite not too keen on bovril used to love bovril crisps and i think once i had oxo crisps lol

 

[Emmma]

thank god that week's over - it's really dragged this week! Went for a lovely facial and waxing session after work today in advance of this wedding tomorrow. Am going to try and be good tomorrow, will be limiting carbs as much as possible, but I anticipate having a drink or two, will see how we go. Have done a pretty strict pp day today:

B: half cinnamon galette
L: about 200g roast beef with french mustard
S: quarter galette
D: 20g lean beef mince made into meatballs with rosemary and mint with a quark dip, bowl sweetened yogurt, rest galette

 

[m-mouse]

Hope you have a lovely day Em and don't worry about the food too much, you have the rest of the week to make up for it. x

 

[jaqys]

Hope the wedding is fab, beautiful day for it.

 

[dukandebut]

Enjoy the wedding, Em, and I promise not to mention Marmite whilst you're away! ;-)

 

[scrumper]

dd whats that brown stuff you spread on toast ????

 

[dukandebut]

dd whats that brown stuff you spread on toast ????

Ooooh, I don't know. Would it begin with an "m", by any chance?

 

[scrumper]

lol you nearly said it !!!

 

[dukandebut]

lol you nearly said it !!!

Have you seen what Em's changed the title of her diary to?

 

[scrumper]

no whats it say !!!???

 

[dukandebut]

no whats it say !!!???

You're just trying to get me to type the M word, aren't you, you little divil!