Sheffield Archives - Approved Food Blog

June 15, 2018

Portuguese Custard Tarts

How about trying to make these Portuguese custard tarts, easy to make with pre-rolled puff pastry! Ingredients: 1 egg (large) 2 egg yolks (large) 115g golden caster sugar 2 tbsp cornflour 400ml full fat milk 2 tsp vanilla 1 sheet ready rolled puff pastry Metho Grease a 12 hole muffin tin and pre-heat the oven to 200°C/180°C

June 12, 2018

Approved Food Supports Bike Rides for Charity

Here is a great story we heard recently after we posted a poll onto Facebook, “Do you think best before date makes a difference to the chocolate taste or quality?” One of our longstanding customers Michael Greig got in contact with us and told us his story. 8 years ago Michael did his first bike ride

May 25, 2018

Prosecco Cupcakes

Buy our Hotel Chocolat Chocolate + Prosecco Hamper for only £10.00 (RRP £43.00) and make these prosecco cupcakes Hotel_Chocolat_Chocolate_and_Prosecco_Hamper Ingredients 175g Butter 175g Sugar 3 eggs 175g Self-raising flour 100ml Prosecco 150g butter 300g icing sugar 50ml Prosecco Method Mix the butter and sugar until combined. Whisk the 3 eggs and add them to the butter and sugar mixture.

May 25, 2018May 25, 2018

Fancy a Hamburger?

Ingredients: 4 Beef burgers (Approved Food meat hamper £15) Approved_Food_Meat_for_a_week_hamper Olive oil 4 Burger buns 8 pieces of bacon 8 Salad leaves 2 Tomatoes (sliced) Tomato Ketchup Tomato_Ketchup_ApprovedFood Mayonnaise Mayonnaise__ApprovedFood Onion Rings: 1 onion 68g and 2 tbsp of flour 142g milk 1 egg 2 tbsp oil, plus some to fry 1 tsp salt Method:

May 25, 2018May 25, 2018

Bank Holiday Cocktails

Fancy some bank holiday cocktails? We have picked our favourite, check them out below Iced Tea 6 tea bags 2 tbsp caster sugar 10 sprigs of mint 300ml fresh orange juice Juice of 1 lime 1⁄2 slice of orange, mint leaves and ice to serve Make the tea with 1.2 liters of water and the sugar.

May 25, 2018May 25, 2018

National Blueberry Cheesecake Day

Today is National Blueberry Cheesecake day, try out the recipe below, great for a picnic or a BBQ. Ingredients: 150g blueberries plus some for garnish 100g digestives 3 tablespoons butter 114g cream cheese (room temperature) 204g sugar 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract 90g double cream, whipped Method: Cook the blueberries for 3 to 4 minutes, leave

May 24, 2018

BBQ Bananas

Have some old bananas at hand? You can turn them into a tasty dessert, BBQ bananas. Ingredients: 4 ripe bananas 227g mini marshmallows 227g semisweet chocolate chips Foil Method: Get your BBQ ready. Make a cut into each banana big enough to hold the marshmallows and chocolate. Spread open the banana with a spoon and

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018

Mexican Night!

Fancy a Mexican night? Try out this recipe with either chili bean sauce or chili sofrito sauce. Ingredients: Pork or chicken, diced (Approved Food Meat for a Week Hamper, £15) Oil Santa Maria Guatemalan Smoky Chilli Bean Sauce 200g, 99p, RRP £1.80 Smoky_Chilli_Bean_Sauce or Santa Maria Cuban Chilli Sofrito Sauce 200g, 99p, RRP£1.80 Cuban_Chilli_Sofrito_Sauce Peppers, diced (red,

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018

Milky Way Cookies

Check out this Milky Way cookie recipe, chewy cookies with a gooey Milky Way center made with today’s MEGA DEAL CASE PRICE MilkyWay Crispy Rolls 24 x 25g, £2.00, RRP £9.85. Ingredients: 230g butter 150g sugar Sugar 150g brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 large eggs 190g flour Plain_Flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2

May 8, 2018May 8, 2018

No Bake Snickers Cheesecake

Check out this indulgent dessert, no-bake snickers cheesecake. Ingredients: 210g digestive biscuits crumbs (McVities Digestives Original 400g 74p, RRP £1.00) (McVities Tasties Digestives 300g x2 99p, RRP £1.20) Digestive_Biscuits 4 tablespoons butter 600g cream cheese at room temperature 165g icing sugar 240g whipped cream plus extra for topping 6 snickers bars chopped, plus extra for topping (£2.00, RRP £10.99) Snickers_Case Caramel sauce for topping (optional) Method: