R&D

This interesting article regarding R&D ( a report by CIAA) provoked the ongoing notion about the importance of maintaining an R&D programme throughout a economic downturn.

The link here shows the topline headline Pleasure

The focus needs to meet the requirements of the customer - Pleasure and health are odd bedfellows - but there are aways opportunities for product engineering, focus on quality or ironing out those niggling production hiccups which occur pre and post launch.

Rocky Road Recipe - full and uncensored!

                                                                               

I seem to have become famous for chocolate based traybakes..........I wonder why?!    

Anyway - here is the recipe for Rocky Road, Timmins style - nothing left out - no secrets!

400g Milk Chocolate
6 digestive biscuits
10 chocolate fingers (they were left over - you can add any biscuit really...!)
100g Maltesers
50g mini marshallows
to decorate: coloured sprinkles and edible glitter

Melt the chocolate gently, either in the microwave or in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. 
Break the biscuits into small pieces ( size of a 10p piece)
To the melted chocolate, add the broken biscuits; Maltesers and marshmallows and stir well to ensure everything is covered in the chocolate.
Pour mixture into a lightly buttered foil or buttered baking tray ( 15mm x 30mm or equivalent - it doesn't matter if it's too big the mixture is stiff enough to stop in the tray)
Spread the mixture out so it's 1-1.5cm thick, try not to have any big holes.
Allow to set before cutting into squares. Yummy.

Food festivals

word of mouth is slightly delayed ( I've been busy!) , but is a great summary of all major food festivals this summer.