The weekend began with a theatre trip with friends to The Woman in Black at the fortune theatre - which was very creepy but completely brilliant. The seating was almost vertical and my chair tried to swallow me! But we all recovered with an ale at a Sam Smiths pub on the strand.
Saturday got off to a poor start with England's disapointing rugby performance. But, I made some truffles and peanut brittle in the afternoon to take to some friends for dinner. The peanut brittle was disappointing as the caramel had gone a little too far and was a little bitter. But the truffles were very easy - just chocolate melted in cream and stirred up until glossy, with some glace ginger mixed in, left to cool and then rolled into balls and covered with a) toasted coconut, b) toasted chopped nuts c) hundreds and thousands. A hit!
The dinner was fab - curry followed by choc and baileys mousse and said truffles. And followed by a game of ultimate taboo - which was brilliant!
A snoozy bus ride and bed meant a late start and we watched Sunday's rugby an hour behind on the +1 channel.
Made rock buns from GM's recipe adding lemon and ginger. Delish. Recipe shown here. Mr Nutkin went off to band practice and a friend came over to keep me company! We discussed all sorts over tea and then went and bought ingredients for a steak and ale pie, and apple crumble!Made said pie, including pastry, and ate about an hour after planned and when the all were totally ravenous!
Surely they should be 'Rook Buns'?! That c is definitly curling round a bit....x
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