marry christmas
this is for weiyang, yiyan, beejuan and jia en when they come tomorrow. it's a recipe from nigella, but i think she got it from someone else. it's called roxanne's millionaire's shortbread.
millionaire's shortbread is a three-layered sweet treat. the base is the shortbread biscuit, and sandwiched between that and the top layer of chocolate is a layer of caramel. so i don't really know what makes it roxanne's. maybe it's the shortcut ingredient (condensed milk) used in the caramel layer.
i think it is quite fun, and soothing, to take part in a long drawn-out process of baking something (think sourdough), and this should have been fun. but i was rushing through the whole process, using the fan to cool mixtures rather than letting cool naturally. still, i like what i have made.
the base layer is the shortbread. cut the butter into the mixture of flour and sugar. press the sandy mixture into the base of the tin and prick with a fork, then bake and cool.
next is the caramel layer. this was easy enough, but quite scary. easy because you just put butter, condensed milk and golden syrup into a pan and heat to combine. scary because the mixture gets fantastically hot and bubbles viscously, threatening to spurt any moment. pour it onto the cooled shortbread and leave to set.
the final layer is the chocolate. just melt plain chocolate and pour it over the caramel mixture. of course, i licked the scraped bowl (and found that the chocolate i used was absolutely bitter, like 99% cocoa). oh well, i like the glassy look of the well-tempered chocolate.
my final touch: christmas m&ms that yihui gave to me all the way last year! i finally waited long enough for this time of the year to use these christmas coloured m&ms. then again, it was only a small portion used for this sprinkling.
i chilled it in the refrigerator after the chocolate cooled down. then i cut it into big blocks. but upon discovering the caramel layer to be still quite liquid, i stopped, though you can still see the three distinct layers. maybe if i'm feeling more calm tomorrow i'll slice it up more, put them nicely on a serving plate.
millionaire's shortbread is a three-layered sweet treat. the base is the shortbread biscuit, and sandwiched between that and the top layer of chocolate is a layer of caramel. so i don't really know what makes it roxanne's. maybe it's the shortcut ingredient (condensed milk) used in the caramel layer.
i think it is quite fun, and soothing, to take part in a long drawn-out process of baking something (think sourdough), and this should have been fun. but i was rushing through the whole process, using the fan to cool mixtures rather than letting cool naturally. still, i like what i have made.
the base layer is the shortbread. cut the butter into the mixture of flour and sugar. press the sandy mixture into the base of the tin and prick with a fork, then bake and cool.
next is the caramel layer. this was easy enough, but quite scary. easy because you just put butter, condensed milk and golden syrup into a pan and heat to combine. scary because the mixture gets fantastically hot and bubbles viscously, threatening to spurt any moment. pour it onto the cooled shortbread and leave to set.
the final layer is the chocolate. just melt plain chocolate and pour it over the caramel mixture. of course, i licked the scraped bowl (and found that the chocolate i used was absolutely bitter, like 99% cocoa). oh well, i like the glassy look of the well-tempered chocolate.
my final touch: christmas m&ms that yihui gave to me all the way last year! i finally waited long enough for this time of the year to use these christmas coloured m&ms. then again, it was only a small portion used for this sprinkling.
i chilled it in the refrigerator after the chocolate cooled down. then i cut it into big blocks. but upon discovering the caramel layer to be still quite liquid, i stopped, though you can still see the three distinct layers. maybe if i'm feeling more calm tomorrow i'll slice it up more, put them nicely on a serving plate.
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