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Christmas Indulgent

Tiffin

In the fourth of a series of recipes designed to be easy to cook but
tasty and convenient the Link Magazine’s new cookery consultant
Angela Barlow shows how to make a delicious dish for this time of
year.

This is one of my favourite produce and can even be good
periods of the year when presents if wrapped in cellophane.
The only problem being that they
it’s time to forget the are so addictive and ‘moreish’ you
diets and concentrate on will need to hide a plate away for
festive fun, frivolity and yourself to partake after the kids Ingredients
fantastic comfort food. have left and you are alone. 200g Lindt milk chocolate - 100g unsalted butter - 2 tbsp golden syrup -
So this month’s recipe is straight Method 100g digestive biscuits - 100g Maltesers - 50g chopped brazil nuts - 50g sulta-
out of the indulgence catalogue l Line a 20cm square or small tray nas - 50g glace cherries
and for anyone with a sweet tooth bake tin (approximately 27cm x
it will be like meeting Santa, 19cm) with baking parchment. For the topping - 100g Lindt milk chocolate - 100g Lindt plain chocolate -
winning the lottery and luxuriating l Place the chocolate, butter and 25g unsalted butter - 1 tsp golden syrup
in a warm bath all at the same golden syrup into a bowl suitable
time. The taste is that good. for the microwave and heat until l Chop the brazil nuts into small prepared tin and press down so
It can accompany afternoon tea chocolate has melted. chunks and the glace cherries into that the surface is level.
or be packed into lunchboxes or l Remove from microwave, stir to quarters. l Make the topping by melting the
offered as part of a Christmas party mix ingredients and allow to cool l Add the biscuit and Malteser chocolate, butter and syrup in the
menu. for a couple of minutes. mixture to the chocolate along microwave as before and spread
It is also good to have with coffee l Place the digestives and 50g of with the nuts, cherries, sultanas over the biscuit base.
to help alleviate the stress of the the Maltesers into a sealable plastic and remaining whole Maltesers. l Cover the tin with foil and
Christmas preparations. food bag and crush with a rolling Stir so that everything is mixed refrigerate for a couple of hours.
It is a nice recipe to make with pin until you have crumbs with a together and coated in chocolate. Remove from the refrigerator and
the kids as the Tiffin are easy to few larger pieces. l Empty the mixture into the cut into small squares. Enjoy.

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