123 Shortbread

Probably the easiest recipe around. Adapted from @Theboywhobakes. All you have to remember is the 1:2:3 proportion.

50g sugar

100g butter

150g plain flour

vanilla essence for taste

a pinch of salt

Beat the sugar and butter together till light and creamy. Add the flour and salt. Do not mix till dough consistency as we are not looking for chewy biscuits. Mix roughly till it looks like breadcrumbs. Transfer onto a clean surface and start to knead gently with your hands. Do not knead for long as you don't want the butter to melt due to body temperature. (yeah we're hot like that ;) )

Roll out the now form dough to about a cm thick.

Bake at 180C (160C fan) for about 20-25 minutes until light brown.

xx

-M

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Salame de Chocolate

Olá :)

I'm just back from Portugal. And while there I've always loved this sweet chocolate and biscuit treat. Its a no bake recipe and very easy to make. 

I go this recipe off Sabor Intenso, an awesome Portuguese food blog, hosted by the very talented Neuza Costa. 

These are the ingredients you'll be needing:

180g butter

200g sugar

150g cocoa powder

an egg

200g bolacha maria/rich tea biscuits crushed(which is basically the entire pack)

silver foil

In a zip lock bag, with a rolling pin, crush the biscuits until coarse.

On low heat, melt the butter until just melted.

Remove off heat and add the sugar. Mix well.

Add the egg whisking continuously.

Add the crushed biscuits to this mixture and mix everything.

Transfer onto silver foil and using your hands form a log like shape.

Once covered in foil, leave it to set in the fridge for about an hour.

And after waiting impatiently for an hour, slice and eat up!

Bom apetite!

bjs

M

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