I remember as a child getting so excited at the site of a huge easter egg! I would unwrap it and eat it slowly, desperately trying to make it last as long as I could.
Do we know why we hand out chocolate eggs?
The egg was viewed as a symbol of new life and fertility throughout the ages and used by many ancient cultures during their spring festivals
In the 17th Century, artificial eggs were made, using various materials, as these made excellent presents or gifts. These became popular and the first manufactured eggs started to appear, so it was only a matter of time before chocolate was used to create an Easter Egg.
Salted molten chocolate
(serves 6)
Prep time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 12 mins
- 30g butter, for greasing moulds
- 150g dark cooking chocolate, broken into small pieces
- 150g unsalted butter
- eggs
- 150g caster sugar
- 4 tbsp flour
- 1 tsp sea salt
- cocoa powder, for dusting
- 2 tbsp freeze-dried coconut crumbs, to garnish
Preheat oven to 200*C. Grease 6 x 125ml moulds with first measure of butter, then place in fridge until ready to use. Melt chocolate and unsalted butter together in a saucepan over a low heat. Meanwhile, whisk together eggs and sugar in a bowl until combined. Add flour and salt and whisk until smooth. Combine egg mix and chocolate and gently stir together. Spoon mix into moulds until ¾ filled. Place on baking tray and bake in oven for 12 minutes. Lightly dust with cocoa powder and sprinkle with coconut crumbs. Serve with coconut whip.
Coconut whip
Freezing time: 1 hour
Prep time: 7 mins
1 x 400g tin premium 100% natural coconut cream (no emulsifiers or stabilisers)
1 tbsp coconut sugar
Place tins in freezer for at least 1 hour until contents frozen, and milk and cream layers are separated. Scrape the top, hard cream layer into mixer bowl. Leave all separated liquid in tin and do not use. Add sugar to mixing bowl and beat on high speed for 5 minutes until light and whipped.