'Recipes'
CHOCOLATE FONDUE
1 bar good quality dark cooking chocolate
small tin condensed milk
nip of whisky, kirsch or brandy
Selection of chopped fresh fruit - apple, strawberry, grape or banana
Melt chocolate in fondue pot, pour in condensed milk, this will help stop chocolate thickening, add liqueur of your choice. Dip fruit into chocolate. As an optional addition have individual servings of fresh cream to dip fruit into after coating with chocolate. Recipe by Pamela Litster, Scotland
APRICOT DISH
12 apricots cut into halves (remove stones)
4 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons brandy
7 ozs unsalted butter
7 ozs caster sugar
1 large egg, egg yolks from 4 large eggs
200 grms ground almond
flaked almonds to decorate
caster sugar
Place apricot halves in baking dish and cover with the honey and brandy, cook in the oven for 15-20 minutes at gas mark 4. Beat together the butter and the caster sugar, add the egg, egg yolks and ground almonds. Pour over the arpticots and place back in the oven to bake at gas mark 5 for 20-30 minutes. Sprinkle with castor sugar and flaked almonds. Recipe sent in by Christine McLean, Edinburgh