In this final post of the tour, we get a small
insight into Joanne Rawson—and her love of food. Now, we all love food, but
Joanne goes a step further and shares that love by posting recipes, and pics,
and her passion . . . on her wonderful blog, which we highly recommend you
follow. Today she shares a bit of that passion with BDP, showing us what foods
the characters in her wonderful novella I'm Your Man might enjoy as
well. Take it away, Jo . . .
Sweet naughty but nice treats to enjoy while reading I’m your Man, by Joanne Rawson.
If you follow my
author blog: www.authorjoannerawson.blogspot.com
you will know that my dearest friend Paul often makes an appearance with a
delightful dessert he has created to enjoy while reading my books.
When we discussed
the right dessert for I’m Your Man we decided that it had to be half English,
half American.
Finally, we agreed
on two of Paul’s desserts:
Chocolate Mousse
Tart and Jelly Cheesecake. As a special treat, I am also going to share with
you my dessert, slow cooker Italian Bread Pudding. (Seeing as Danny is an
Italian American, from New York.)
Chocolate mousse tart
85g/3 oz digestive
biscuits, crushed
85g/3 oz amaretti
biscuits, crushed
70g/2 ½ oz butter,
melted
Topping
200g/7oz plain
(dark) chocolate, broken into pieces
115g/4oz milk
chocolate, broken into pieces
(The measurements
for the chocolate [dark/milk] can be reversed.)
3 large eggs,
separated
55g/2 oz caster
sugar
3 chocolate flake
bars for decoration
Serves 8
To make the base,
mix the digestive and amaretti biscuits with the butter and press well into the
base of a 23cm/9 inch spring form cake tin. Chill in the refrigerator.
·
Melt the plain & milk chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of
gently simmering water, cool slightly, then add egg yolks and mix well.
·
Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks, then add the caster sugar and
whisk until stiff.
·
Fold the chocolate into the egg whites and pour over the biscuit base. Chill in
the refrigerator for 8 hours, or overnight.
When you are ready
to serve the tart, un-mould it, transfer to a serving dish and crumble the
chocolate flake bars over the top to serve.
Jelly Cheesecake
1 packet Digestives
80g butter (melted)
1 packet jelly (2 if
wanting to add extra layer)
250g cream cheese
(Philadelphia)
1 can condensed milk
60ml lemon juice
150ml double cream
·
Crush biscuits and mix with melted butter
·
Press into a loose-based cake tin or pie dish (20cm)
·
Chill in fridge
·
Dissolve jelly in ½ pint of boiling water; allow to cool until jelly is
slightly syrupy
·
Beat the cream cheese until smooth, add condensed milk and mix until combined
·
Add lemon juice, jelly and cream and mix well
·
Pour onto biscuit base and chill until set
·
A layer of lemon jelly can be added after setting to add an extra layer- repeat
step 4 and pour onto cheesecake and leave to set
Italian Bread Pudding
Serves 6 (but not in
our house: 2!)
Butter for salting
6 slices of
panettone
3 tablespoons Masala
wine
300ml milk
300 ml single cream
100g castor sugar
rind of ½ lemon
pinch of ground
cinnamon
3 large eggs lightly
beaten
·
Grease a pudding basin. Place panettone on a plate ans sprinkle with the wine.
·
Put the milk, cream and sugar in a
saucepan and bring to the boil gradually over a low heat, stirring until the
sugar has melted. Remove from heat and
allow to cool slightly, then pour over the eggs and beat constantly.
·
Place the panettone in the pudding basin, pour the egg mixture over cover with
foil and place in the slow cooker. Add
enough boiling water to come one-third of the way up the bowl. Cover with lid
and cook on high for 2 ½ hours until set.
·
Remove the pudding basin from the slow cooker and the foil. Leave to cool, then
chill in the fridge until needed. (I never get to the last part!)
FOR A CHEAPER
VERSION - Replace the panettone with fruit bun (tea cake) and the masala wine
with brandy.
Serve with fresh
cream, and strawberries.
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Final words from Joanne
I would just like to
say a big thank you to, Bottom Drawer Publications and all the people who have
taken time to be part of this, my first blog tour.
This has been an
amazing week, and I have enjoyed it so much.
I have been so fortunate to meet some wonderful people. Once again thank you all.
My other blog - www.authorjoannerawsongoaandbeyond.blogspot.com
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