This rocky road is the perfect Christmas treat thanks to its festive colour scheme. It would be a great handmade gift to make for someone, wrapped up in a gorgeous parcel – what a lovely surprise for a lucky recipient!
Ingredients: Makes 16
- 70g macadamia nuts
- 600g white chocolate, chopped
- 70g butter, diced
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- zest of 1 orange
- 150g digestive biscuits, broken
- into bite-sized pieces
- 70g glacé cherries
- 15g dried apricots, chopped
- 15g dried cranberries
- 15g freeze-dried raspberries
Method:
- Line a 20cm square brownie tin with non-stick baking paper.
- Toast the macadamia nuts in a hot dry frying pan over a medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes, until they begin to turn golden brown. Tip out onto a plate and allow to cool.
- Put the white chocolate, butter and golden syrup in a large heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, making sure the water doesn’t touch the bottom of the bowl. Once the chocolate and butter have melted, stir in the orange zest.
- Remove the bowl from the pan. Working fast, stir in the toasted macadamia nuts along with the digestives, cherries, apricots and cranberries – the mixture will start to set quite quickly.
- Scrape into the lined tin, then scatter over the freeze-dried raspberries.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours but preferably overnight, until set firm.
- Allow to sit at room temperature for 20 minutes before cutting into small squares with a hot knife. Simply dip a sharp knife into a measuring jug of just-boiled water from the kettle, then wipe it dry and use immediately.
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