ASDA – Fruit Toast
Posted: January 16, 2015 Filed under: Food | Tags: fruit toast, hot chocolate Leave a commentSometimes a toasted fruit teacake and a steaming mug of hot chocolate are the only things that can put the world to rights.
There’s jus something so comforting as a toasted fruit teacake.
(The tray from the previous customers was still on the table when I arrived, so I sketched that it at the top of the page – and there were these cute little alien stickers left on the table as well; so I made good use of them to decorate the page)
Costa – Hot chocolate and a croissant
Posted: January 11, 2015 Filed under: Food | Tags: costa, croissant, hot chocolate Leave a commentI’ve been revisiting some older illustrations today and while this isn’t from way back in the mists of time, it is one of my earlier meal illustrations.
Cacao Cafe – Out and about in Tenerife
Posted: November 26, 2014 Filed under: Food, Urban Sketches | Tags: bizcocho zanahoria, hot chocolate, tenerife Leave a commentOut on a bit of driving tour of Tenerife, we stopped off at La Laguna and found this fabulous little coffee shop.
My Bizcocho Zanahoria was a bit like a plain scone, dusted with icing sugar and light as a feather.
As we sat and watched life pass the shop Morcheeba was playing on the CD player and I sighed at the thought of finding a similarly cool hang-out back home.
I know of several artists who have found ‘their’ cafe, their spiritual (and caffeine) hang-out. But, for all my meals and snacks out I haven’t yet found mine.
The Moorings – Hot Chocolate
Posted: August 30, 2014 Filed under: Food, Recipes | Tags: chocolate, hot chocolate, recipe, vanilla Leave a commentHot Chocolate is such a comforting and dreamy experience (apart from when you’ve lost your hat, of course!)
Just the thought of it conjures up images of snuggled up in dressing gowns clutching the hot mug between your hands and sipping carefully at the steaming chocolate.
Yummy!
Quite often we reach for the instant packet of hot chocolate; great for speed and convenience, but not so great on the sugar. Commercially bought Hot Chocolate is always way too seer for my liking.
Why not make your own hot chocolate?
The only ingredient which isn’t probably already in your store cupboard is the vanilla pod.
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Okay, so we’ve got a vanilla pod. Here goes a smooth and creamy Hot Chocolate recipe that hits all the right notes.
Hot Chocolate Recipe
Ingredients
1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped out
1 litre/1¾ pints milk
150g/5½oz plain chocolate, in small pieces
sugar, to taste
freshly grated nutmeg, for dusting
To Prepare
- Heat the vanilla pod, seeds and milk in a saucepan until boiling.
- Remove the pan from the heat and add the chocolate pieces, stirring until the chocolate melts.
- Whisk until frothy on top and add sugar, to taste.
- Serve with a dusting of nutmeg.
Variations
– Add a cinnamon stick in at step one to give it a little extra twist.
Costa – Mini Victoria Sponge
Posted: August 17, 2014 Filed under: Food | Tags: cake, hot chocolate Leave a commentThere’s a certain amount of delight that can be had from miniature things.
Today I indulged my sweet tooth (Which is not very well developed I have to admit!)
I used to feast on puddings whenever we dined out. I think it stemmed from puddings being a particular treat when I was younger. They seemed to be a scarce commodity at home and we certainly didn’t dine out as much. This is as much from a change of culture in western society rather than purely economic changes at home. Once I was earning my own money, and making my own culinary choices, puddings seemed to rise up in their importance.
I remember a distinct phase, attending college, where puddings ended every meal. I enjoyed baking my own cakes. And sharing them, I hasten to add.
Now, not so much. That brief spat of sweet toothedness seems to have given way to a greater appreciation of the savoury.
So, today’s choice was a little unusual, in that I don’t normally choose to have a cake.
But, as I wrote on my sketch – it was a mini cake … and so darned cute! Barely a couple of mouthfuls really.
(Tune in tomorrow for a set of three mini-burgers and further thoughts on miniature food)
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