CRUNCHY CHOCOLATE GRANOLA The thought of, and the sight of, soggy soaked Bircher muesli makes me sick to the stomach. No offence Bircher muesli, but I don’t want to be your friend. I’ve always been queasy in the mornings, and the idea of a soggy, mushy breakfast is about as bad as it gets for me first thing in the day. So I’ve decided to take back control. Please enter the breakfast room …. Crunchy Chocolate Granola. So it might not the most amazingly healthy breakfast al

PEANUT BUTTERCREAM FROSTED MILK CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH RASPBERRY JAM, CARAMELISED PEANUTS & DARK CHOCOLATE GANACHE DRIZZLE (aka ‘FAT ELVIS’) My love of peanut butter has only been a recent acquisition. For most of my adult life I was not keen on the old p.b., as I had a negative association with the sound of my little sister eating white bread and peanut butter sandwiches during our childhood. That sound. We all know it. That sticking and unsticking sound as the gooey glob tri

CACAO NIB, CORIANDER, COCONUT & CHILLI CRUSTED SALMON Chocolate in combination with savoury food is seriously underrated and not common in my homeland, Australia. Cacao has been used for a very long time in savoury dishes in the homelands of Central America however (think bubbling pots of Mexican Molé sauce served with turkey or chicken). It’s fairly unusual to see it making a guest appearance outside the dessert menu, let alone having a starring role as a flavourful ingre

FRENCH STYLE HOT CHOCOLATE ‘CHOCOLAT CHAUD’ Bonjour, French style hot chocolate. It doesn’t get much more indulgent than this recipe. This rich, wickedly decadent traditional French style drinking chocolate is the ultimate cool weather treat. OK, it’s probably high on the list as an invitation to a heart attack, but as an occasional treat, or sensibly portioned in a petit cup, this drink will warm your cockles and your tummy. It is equally as good shared over conversation

DARK CHOCOLATE & SEA SALT OATMEAL COOKIES I love oatmeal cookies. It’s all about the soft centre texture and the crunchy outside for me, which is why I like to make them extra large, with extra opportunity for a soft but not too doughy centre. In this recipe the dark chocolate is of course a delicious addition that adds a little bitterness. However it’s really about the combination of flavours – the hints of sweet caramel notes from the brown sugar combined with the always w

‘DIRTY’ DARK CHOCOLATE TART Who doesn’t love a good tart? Contrasting textural elements are super important in creating a dessert that’s exciting to eat. Crunchy texture against a silken texture makes the silken texture seem even more luxuriously silken, and the silken texture against a crunchy texture make it seem even more deliciously crunchy. The ‘dirty’ part of this recipe, is the crunchy cocoa soil/streusel texture in the base of, and sprinkled over, this surprisingly s