Chocolate Truffles

Love chocolate truffles but hate how expensive they are? You'll never need to buy them again with this recipe and they make greats gifts too! :) Ingredients For the truffles 300g of dark chocolate 300ml of double cream For the topping/coating Cocoa Powder Icing Sugar Crushed nuts Edible Glitter Melted Chocolate Sugar Strands anything that works and tickles your fancy :) Heat the double cream in a sauce pan...

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Caramel Shortbread

Just a Scottish treat here that is loved by my whole family and pretty much everyone I meet! Most people think Caramel (or Millionaires) Shortbread is difficult to make but in reality it is very simple. However it does take a few hours to make, due to the cooling periods, and that is probably why so many view it as complex. The cooling periods are essential if you want this to turn out right - do not, I repeat, do...

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Ful Mudammas (فول مدمّس)

Ful Mudammas Ful Mudammas is a very popular dish throughout the Middle East, and can be made in a variety of different ways depending on which region you are in. The first time I tried this I really disliked it - then again, it was an imported 'ready to eat' canned version of the stuff that I tried. Since all my Middle Eastern friends stood by their claims that it was a staple dish that rich and poor alike...

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Saudi Scrambled Eggs (شكشوكة‎)

Some exciting new and a new recipe today! First off, I got a new camera which I am utterly overjoyed with. A Canon EOS 600D, perhaps not the most 'professional' camera out there, but it does what I need it to - and I'm a poor student remember ;) I have to admit I made this blog not even having the right equipment from the start. I don't know much about HTML, but if found this wonderful template and tweaked with it...

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