Your current location:HOME >travel >Rustle these up with Rosemary: Chocolate fondants 正文
TIME:2024-05-21 15:38:15 Source: Internet compilationEdit:travel
In her new book, chef Rosemary Shrager guides you through tried and tested recipes that she vows wil
In her new book, chef Rosemary Shrager guides you through tried and tested recipes that she vows will turn you into a better cook
These chocolaty puds can seem awfully intimating, but get the timing right and you've never had better
I know people are a bit scared about making these, fearing they won’t achieve the melting chocolatey middles, but once you get the timing right, fondants are really easy to do. They’re well worth practising as they are a great store-cupboard standby and everyone enjoys them.
Dariole moulds, shaped like little flowerpots, are the ideal containers but you can also use ramekins.
Serves 4
Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6. Spray the insides of 4 dariole moulds or ramekins with oil or brush with melted butter, then dust lightly with some of the cocoa powder. This will prevent the fondant from sticking.
You need a pan and a heatproof bowl that fits neatly over it. Bring some water to simmering point in the pan, then put the bowl on top, making sure the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water.
Add the chocolate and diced butter and allow to melt gently. Don’t let the water boil.
Ideally, test the chocolate with a sugar thermometer – it should reach 55°C. Remove the pan and bowl from the heat and cool slightly.
Using an electric hand mixer, mix the sugar and eggs in a bowl until they have doubled in size and are pale in colour. Add the flour and whisk again until there are no lumps.
Add the melted chocolate and butter and mix until well combined. Fill the moulds or ramekins about three-quarters full.
Place on a baking tray and bake for 9 minutes. Remove and leave to rest for 2 minutes, then turn out onto plates.
Dust with the rest of the cocoa powder and serve at once.
Extracted from Rosemary Shrager’s Cookery Course by Rosemary Shrager, published by BBC Books, £20. Offer price £16 until 06/10/2018, order at mailshop. co.uk/books or call 0844 571 0640, p&p is free on orders over £15. Photography © Andrew Hayes-Watkins.
Rosemary's golden rules include buying everything fresh and being organised
I’m all for breaking rules but there are some kitchen habits I stick to.
Buy everything as fresh as possible. Supermarkets have their place, but look at local farms and markets too.
Be organised when preparing food. Keep your ingredients on your left and prepped food on your right.
When preparing ingredients, finish one task before starting the next, ie. skin all your tomatoes, then chop – don’t peel one, chop it, then go back to peeling. It’s just not efficient.
Clear up as you go. Mess is stressful.
AdvertisementPentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault by Russia2024-05-21 15:36
NATO's bigger remit brings rising dangers2024-05-21 15:27
Olives link northwest China with world2024-05-21 15:16
Dow drops over 700 points to end below 30,0002024-05-21 14:24
Storms damage homes in Oklahoma and Kansas. But in Houston, most power is restored2024-05-21 14:10
Alleged intruder at Peruvian embassy in U.S. shot dead by Secret Service2024-05-21 14:04
Xi Focus: CPC Leadership Meeting Calls for Rallying Powerful Force to Advance National Rejuvenation2024-05-21 13:19
China completes plantation of nearly 4 mln hectares of forest in 20232024-05-21 13:11
Kevin Pillar gets 1,000th career hit in Angels' win at Texas2024-05-21 12:56
Xi Presents Order to Promote Military Officers to Rank of General2024-05-21 12:51
Verona confirms Serie A status for another year after beating Salernitana2024-05-21 15:26
Insights丨Foreign experts: The world draws lessons on China’s integrated urban2024-05-21 15:25
Olives link northwest China with world2024-05-21 14:57
2 dead, 26 injured in Hebei gas explosion2024-05-21 14:34
Young Boys seals 6th Swiss soccer league title in 7 years after rallying from firing coach Wicky2024-05-21 14:27
U.S. stocks fall as investors dump risky assets amid surging inflation2024-05-21 14:14
Comicomment: Who is stirring up the South China Sea?2024-05-21 13:58
Profile: Xi Jinping Steers Decade of Reform Toward Chinese Modernization2024-05-21 13:42
With Djokovic awaiting the winner, Murray trails Hanfmann at rain2024-05-21 13:20
Midsummer Day celebrated in Bucharest, Romania2024-05-21 13:17