130
Ingredients
25g (1oz) butter
75g (3oz) caster sugar
75g (3oz) soft brown sugar
50g (2oz) cocoa powder
3ml (½tsp) vanilla essence
300ml (½pt) milk
Dish: 1 litre (2pt) jug
Place butter in a jug on base of oven and melt on HIGH
MICROWAVE for 20-30 secs. Stir in sugars, cocoa
powder and vanilla essence. Gradually add milk, stirring
well.
Cook on HIGH MICROWAVE for 2 mins. Stir well. Cook
on HIGH MICROWAVE for 1 min. Stir and repeat this
process until you achieve a smooth and glossy
consistency that coats the back of a spoon.
Chocolate Sauce
Ingredients
2 eggs
50g (2oz) caster sugar
300ml (½pt) milk
5ml (1tsp) vanilla essence
Dish: 1 litre (2pt) jug
Beat eggs with sugar and then add milk and vanilla.
Place jug on base of oven and cook on HIGH
MICROWAVE for 2 mins. Stir. Continue to cook on HIGH
MICROWAVE for 30 secs at a time, keep stirring well,
until the sauce coats the back of a spoon.
Custard Sauce
Sauces & Preserves
Ingredients
150g (5oz) soft muscovado sugar
75ml (3fl.oz) double cream
75g (3oz) butter
Dish: 1 litre (2pt) jug
Put all ingredients in a jug. Place on base of oven and
cook on HIGH MICROWAVE for 1 min. Stir and continue
cooking on HIGH MICROWAVE for 2-3 mins or until
smooth and hot.
Butterscotch Sauce
Ingredients
meat or poultry dripping with
sediment
25g (1oz) flour
300ml (½pt) stock
salt & pepper
Dish: 1 litre (2pt) jug
Scrape dripping and sediment from roasting dish into the
jug. Stir flour into dripping and then gradually blend in
stock. Place on base of oven and cook on HIGH
MICROWAVE for 2-3 mins. stirring halfway through.
Season and serve.
Gravy
