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I have fond memories of the old Choc Ice for my ice-cream. I began to wonder if I could replicate this at home. I started to look around for Chocolate sauces. I love making a Self Saucing Chocolate Pudding and the sauce it has is made from just brown sugar, baking cocoa and water.  This made me begin to wonder. How about I try making the sauce without the pudding?  I rummaged in the pantry and pulled out my baking cocoa and brown sugar. I grabbed equal parts of each and an equal amount of water. Put them all in...

Recently I have been experimenting with making a sticky glaze for chicken. Rummaging through the cupboards at home I decided to pull out the Golden Syrup for the stickiness, and Maggi Seasoning for the umami flavour. Pouring a few tablespoons of syrup into a bowl and a few dashes of Maggi Seasoning I then added my usual of crushed ginger and crushed garlic. I generally use a heaped teaspoon full of each. I felt I wanted a slight chilli heat to it so I added a wee bit of Kashmiri Chilli, which is kind of like an Indian Cayenne. To...

Hello and welcome. We have been in a period of redesign. So we have decided to create a blog to show off what our latest favourite recipe is. We will be attempting to post regularly. They will be on all sort of flavour combinations and simple ways to make delicious meals. Not just using our range of spices. So come along and enjoy our journey to explore the varied and wondrous flavours we have in the modern world.