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Rachel Allen’s Divine Rich Chocolate Cake recipe #Ballymaloe  😋 😍  🇮🇪


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This Divine Rich Chocolate Cake recipe is from my 2nd cookbook, Rachel’s Favourite Food For Friends (published in 2005), that I come back to time & time again. This is a super quick to make and completely delicious cake that’s a bit brownie-like, a bit moussey-like, and can be made using ground almonds or flour, so super versatile. And, it keeps for ages, if you can keep it!
I made 2 this morning, one for home and one for a friend’s (belated) birthday!
Here’s the recipe below!
Serves 6-8
A little soft butter, for greasing the tin
150g dark chocolate, chopped
125g butter
150g caster sugar
3 eggs, whisked to break up
50g ground almonds or plain flour

For the Chocolate Glaze:
110g dark chocolate , chopped
2 tbsp milk or cream
50g butter

Preheat the oven to 160’C/Fan 145.
Butter the sides of a 20cm round cake tin (or spring form tin ) and line the bottom with grease proof or parchment paper.
Place the chocolate, butter and sugar in a bowl sitting over a saucepan of simmering water, and melt. Stir until smooth then beat in the eggs and fold in the ground almonds or sifted flour. Feel free to add orange zest, vanilla, sea salt, cardamom, ginger etc!
Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 35-45 minutes until the centre feels just set in the centre, but it will still be gorgeously moist. Allow to cool in the tin .
To make the chocolate glaze , melt all the ingredients together and stir until smooth, allow to cool a little until it has thickened slightly ( about 10 minutes) but do not place in the fridge as it will lose it’s glossy sheen .
Take the cooled cake out of the tin and place on a plate or cake stand , and pour the glaze over the top , letting it drizzle down the sides.
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Hot Lemon Pudding from Ballymaloe House #Cork

Myrtle Allen had been making this old-fashioned pudding long before she opened the restaurant at Ballymaloe. The recipe first came into her family in the 1930s. It is a really lovely dish and I like to serve it as a lunchtime dessert throughout the year. As the pudding bakes, it separates into two layers: the top is a light lemon sponge, and the bottom is a creamy lemon sauce. I like to serve every spoonful of the pudding with a generous amount of softly whipped cream.

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 15 g/½ oz (generous 1 tablespoon) soft salted butter
  • 225 g/8 oz (1 cup plus 2 tablespoons) caster (superfine) sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 30 g/1 oz (¼ cup) plain flour
    grated zest and juice of 2 lemons
  • 250 ml/8 fl oz (1 cup) milk
  • icing (confectioners) sugar, for sprinkling
  • softly whipped cream, to serve.

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Have a 1.2 litre/2 pint (5 cups) pie dish to hand.

Place the butter in a mixing bowl, cream it with a wooden spoon and gradually add the sugar. It will seem odd trying to cream so much sugar into so little butter and the mixture will have a similar texture to damp sand. Separate the eggs place the whites in a spotlessly clean bowl and set to one side. Mix the egg yolks into the butter and sugar mixture followed by the flour. Blend in the lemon zest and juice followed by the milk.

Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks and gently fold them into the wet mixture. Pour into the pie dish and bake for about 40 minutes, or until set. The top of the pudding should be golden. Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve hot from the oven with softly whipped cream.

This recipe is from ‘Ballymaloe Desserts’ a cookbook by JR Ryall, Head Pastry Chef at Ballymaloe House HotelSearch for:

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Emma Harkin of Harkins Café  #Dromod Co.Leitrim hands over to Mairéad to continue top class hospitality, health and wellness on the shores of the Mighty Shannon River 🤩🇮🇪

I am excited to take over the café from today. We’ll be opening the doors as usual at 10am but with all the same familiar faces and the usual cosy atmosphere that you’re used to.

I’d like to wish Emma the very best, and a big thank you for the time we’ve worked together & all the laughs we’ve had along the way.

I am looking forward to welcoming our loyal customers and new faces over the coming weeks and months.

Thank you to everyone for all your support and well wish so far. I’m very grateful.

Mairéad ☕️

Harkins Cafe 32 Mac Oisin Pl, Drumod Beg, Drumod, Co. Leitrim

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Trisha’s Kitchen by Trisha Yearwood


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**Cookbook Review**
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

I’m a big country music fan and I love cooking!!  So, when I saw Trisha Yearwood had a new cookbook, I had to give it a try! 

You can tell that Trisha has put a lot of heart and soul into this cookbook.  She shares family recipes and stories throughout.  Trisha has a way of making you feel like you are a guest at her dinner table.  By the end, you feel like you know, not only her better, but others in her family.

The recipes did not disappoint.  As always, when I do a cookbook review, I had to try some of the recipes so I could genuinely rate the cookbook.  There is a little something for everyone with 125 recipes that cover everything from breakfast, snacks, pork & beef, chicken, turkey & fish,  etc.  I made Company Chicken and PB&J Cookie Bars.  What I love about the book is that it doesn’t call for a bunch of fancy ingredients, and I had everything on hand to make these two recipes.  The Company Chicken was very flavorful and something easy that I will be able to make for guests.  The PB&J Cookie Bars have become a fast breakfast in my household and are also super easy to make.

Keep in mind that most of the recipes are southern-inspired comfort food so, if you want to make the recipes healthier, you may have to make some ingredient substitutions.

QOTD:  Do you have a favorite celebrity cookbook?  If not, what’s your favorite dish to cook?

Do you like country music?  Who’s your favorite singer/group?

Thank you @netgalley, @trishayearwood, and @marinerbooks for my ARC of #trishaskitchen in exchange for my honest review.

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Flahavan’s delish oats with blackberries, blackcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries and apples


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Did you know that blackberries, blackcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries and apples are all in season in Ireland in June? 🍓🍏 And we all know that nothing tastes better with porridge than fresh in-season fruit, sourced locally whenever possible! So if you’re looking for a healthy and tasty twist to your breakfast this morning, why not top your creamy oats with some of these delicious fruits for added goodness 🍓🍓 #FlahavansOats #JumpIntoJune
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Lilly’s rhubarb and strawberry crumble 🍓 😋

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Ingredients

  • 800g rhubarb, chopped
  • 200g strawberry jam
  • 4 strawberries, chopped (optional)
  • 2 tbsp cornflour
  • 200g plain flour
  • 100g oats
  • 80g brown sugar
  • 100g butter, melted

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
  2. Mix the chopped rhubarb with the strawberry jam in an oven-proof serving dish. Place in the oven to cook for 10-15 mins until the rhubarb starts to soften. Sift over the cornflour and stir well to combine. Add the chopped strawberries.
  3. To make the filling, stir the oats, flour and sugar together till combined. Pour in the melted butter and stir together with a fork till just mixed.
  4. Pour the crumble topping over the rhubarb and return to the oven for 15-20 mins till golden and the fruit syrup is bubbling up at the edges.