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30th Aug – National Toasted Marshmallow Day

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A BBQ with friends and family always seems to enlighten the spirits, drinking cocktails in the evening sun whilst your tea cooks will always be more appealing than the hustle and bustle of the kitchen. This autumn add a simple twist to your garden party. Toasted marshmallows are an easy solution for a dessert, adults and children love the novelty of toasting there very own mallows. 

BE CREATIVE

Toasted marshmallows don’t have to be served at the end of a stick, be creative by topping your cupcakes with them, drizzle them in chocolate, sandwich them within wafers or you could sweeten your juice by placing one on the top of your drink. 

Chocolate Mousse Recipe

Sephra Chocolate Mousse Recipe

Ingredients

2 cups Sephra Belgian Dark Chocolate
7 Egg Yolks
1/2 cup Golden syrup
2 cups cream
2 Tbsp. Vanilla Extract
A Pinch of Salt.
Yield: Eight 170g portions.

Preparation

Melt the chocolate in the microwave, stirring every 10 seconds.

In a large bowl, whip the egg yolks and salt together with an electric mixer until thick and pale yellow and then set aside.

In a small saucepan, bring corn syrup to a boil, then slowly pour into yolk mixture beating at medium speed. Once the mixture is added, increase to high speed and whip mixture until cool.

In a separate bowl, whisk the cream with the vanilla extract until it forms soft peaks.

Fold melted chocolate into yolk mixture, then gently fold in the cream mixture. Spoon or pipe mousse into wine glasses and refrigerate for at least one hour before serving.

Serving Suggestion: Alternate the mousse with layers of Sephra Belgian Dark Chocolate chips.

A twist: Flavour the mousse with mint or orange by substituting the vanilla extract with mint extract or by adding orange zest to the cream while whipping.

Relaxation Day

Coconut Dream Pie Recipe

National relaxation day has to be one of the best days of the year – giving you another great excuse to do absolutely nothing.

Life can be fast paced at times and we all need a day to unwind. Although a certain amount of stress is normal, stress can be overwhelming and too much of it can be extremely harmful to your physical and mental health.

One thing I would suggest you do on this day is to eat chocolate. Chocolate contains a mood-boosting chemical called Phenylethylamine (PEA), which is also produced in the brain when a person is in love. The hormones that are released can trigger feelings of euphoria and relaxation. Avoid all stressful activities today. Let your body heal, rest and relax.

Take care of yourself today. You deserve it – no matter what you choose to do.

Top ideas for relaxation day:
Have a picnic in a park.
Take a bubble bath.
Sit on the beach and watch the sea ebb.
Listen to southing relaxing music.
Fill the bird feeder and spend a day bird watching.
Spend the day in your PJs watching movies.
Use the day to take beautiful photos.
Take a long relaxing woodland walk.

Coconut Dream Pie Recipe

Coconut Dream Pie Recipe

Ingredients

[Allow 4 hours to set.] – 1 & 1/2 Cups coconut, divided – 4 table spoons of melted margarine – 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs – 2/3 cup sephra white chocolate chips – 1 box coconut cream instant pudding – 1 1/2 cups whipping cream, divided.

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix together graham cracker crumbs, 1 cup coconut, and margarine. Press mixture firmly into bottom and sides of 9” pie pan. Bake crust for 10 minutes.

Melt 1/3 cup chocolate and spread evenly over crust. Let set in refrigerator until firm (approx. 10 minutes). In a separate bowl, whisk together milk and dry pudding mix for 2 minutes or until well blended. Stir in the remaining coconut (1/2 cup) and pour into crust. Place in refrigerator.

Microwave remaining 1/3 cup chocolate and 1/4 cup of the whipping cream in medium bowl for 1 minute. Stir until smooth and let cool in refrigerator until room temperature or for about 10 minutes. Beat together the remaining 1-1/4 cups whipping cream in large bowl with electric mixer on medium-high speed until soft peaks form. Add half of the whipped cream to chocolate mixture; stir until well blended. Return mixture to remaining cream and stir gently. Spoon cream onto pie filling. Refrigerate until chilled (3-4 hours). Top with toasted coconut flakes before serving, if desired.

Yield: 9” pie; 10 servings

Waffle Recipe

Sephra Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

250g (9oz) Plain Flour, 1 Dessertspoon Baking Powder, 2 Tablespoons Caster Sugar, 1 Teaspoon Salt, 450ml (16 fl oz) Semi Skimmed Milk, 2 Eggs, 2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil.

Preparation

1. In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Add milk, eggs and oil and mix thoroughly.

2. Pour the desired amount of batter onto a hot iron or maker. Cook until golden brown.

 

Add Water Only Ready Mixture

We have all the accessories that you need to make waffles, whether for a business, or home. Our accessories will allow you to display and serve your waffles in a hygienic, organised and attractive manner, whilst producing them quickly and efficiently. The ‘Add Water Only” ready mix is one of the key accessories that we would recommend. Coming in convenient 3 Kg bags, Sephra mix is not only extremely easy to use, but also produces delicious, sweet smelling waffles every time.

One Minute Bake Time.

Specially developed with taste and baking in mind. It allows you to bake great waffles in just one minute.

No Milk, No Eggs.

Most ready made mixes require you to add eggs or milk to create great tasting waffles. Our mix only requires you to add water for great tasting waffles or crepes.

Click here for Sephra Waffle Ready Mix

Sephra Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sephra Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

A treat for all the family

Mastering chocolate chip cookies can be difficult as there are so many recipes available with all different techniques. This recipe however will be the last chocolate chip cookie recipe you will ever need. I never really gave much thought to chocolate chip cookies and periodically I would see recipes in books and on television which made subtle differences to taste or texture, then a few weeks ago, I was made aware of Sephra’s chocolate chip cookie recipe. I feel sad to push aside my grandmothers recipe, however I think that is only right that future generations can enjoy the very best recipe.

 

Ingredients

Blend two cups of butter, two cups of sugar and two cups of brown sugar together. Add four eggs and two table spoons of vanilla. Mix four cups of flour, five cups of ground oatmeal (measure before grinding), one table spoon of salt, two tablespoons of baking soda and two tablespoons of baking powder together. Slowly combine the dry ingredients into the butter, sugar and egg mixture. Blend with a mixer until moist. Fold in 680g of Sephra dark chocolate buttons, 226g of Sephra milk chocolate buttons and three cups or chopped walnuts (optional)

Preparation

Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. If you prefer them chewy so i usually take the cookies out when they look slightly underdone and shiny on top. Then once they cool they are chewy rather than crispy or crumbly.

Sephra Belgian Milk and Dark Chocolate tastes amazing and requires no additional cocoa butter.