Tuesday 12 February 2013

TV Celebrity Chef Martin Blunos Creates Aphrodisiac Recipe For Valentine's Day



Planning a special romantic meal and still don't know what to cook? TV celebrity chef Martin Blunos has just the thing to spice up your Valentine's Day. The popular Michelin-starred food maestro has created tempting chocolate Buckfast Passion Pots with Hearty Treats and the tasty dessert is guaranteed to set hearts aflutter because Buckfast Tonic Wine - one of the main ingredients - is regarded as an aphrodisiac in the West Indies.

Martin, who has appeared on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen and Channel 4's Masterchef Australia and Iron Chef UK, said: "Locals in the West Indies regard Buckfast as an aphrodisiac and mix it with coconut milk so my new Buckfast Passion Pots with Hearty Treats, heart-shaped Valentine biscuits which accompany the chocolate pots, are a superb blend for a romantic evening on Valentine's Day. The heart-shaped shortbread biscuits, which are sandwiched together with a delicious soft Buckfast vanilla caramel, are amazing when eaten with the chocolate passion pots."

Martin will be demonstrating his recipes at food festivals and events throughout the UK in 2013.

Details of all Martin's recipes can be found on www.celebritychefsuk.com/recipes and I've posted his Valentine's Day creations below.

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BUCKFAST PASSION POTS

Makes 6 decent sized pots!

Ingredients

225g dark chocolate (70% cocoa), grated or finely chopped
400ml double cream
125ml whole milk
50g icing sugar
2 medium egg yolks
2 passion fruits, halved scooped out
9 amaretti biscuits
buckfast


Method
  1. Put the chocolate into a large bowl. 

    2. Put the cream into a saucepan, bring it gently to the boil, then pour it over the chocolate. Stir together until the chocolate melts and put this mixture to one side. 

    3. In another bowl, mix together the milk, icing sugar and yolks. Then stir in the passion fruit pulp. 

    4. Pour the egg and milk mixture into the chocolate, stir till combined, then strain through a sieve into a clean bowl. 

    5. Break the biscuits into smallish pieces and put about 1 ½ biscuits (in pieces) in each pot dribble over as much buckfast as you like. Then spoon over the chocolate mixture and refrigerate overnight. 

    6. To serve, remove from fridge and leave at least 45 mins, before taking to the table with a couple of heart-shaped biscuits to hand.

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BUCKFAST HEART TREATS
Makes 16 biscuits
Ingredients

220g unsalted butter
110g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
340g plain flour
Buckfast Caramel (see below)

METHOD:-
Sieve flour into a machine bowl add the sugar and pinch of salt.
Cut butter into 2cm cubes and add to the dry ingredients.
Mix on machine till crumbly texture is achieved.
Take bowl from machine and finish mixing by hand till a smooth dough is formed. Flatten into a 3cm fat disc then wrap in cling film and put in fridge for 30mins to firm up.
Remove cling film and place on non stick parchment cover with another sheet and roll out to a biscuit thickness (approx 5cm thick)
Pop back in fridge to firm up again.
Cut fluted discs (a 5.5cm heart-shaped cutter is about right) from the sheet – gather up all the trim and repeat the rolling process above.
Count the discs then cut the middle out of half of them (Valentine heart shapes are de-riguer!)
Place all on non-stick baking sheets and bake in an oven pre set at 160 degrees fan oven for about 8 – 10 mins until golden around the edges.
Cool on a wire rack.
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BUCKFAST CARAMEL
200ml Buckfast
75ml double cream
100gr unsalted butter
300gr caster sugar
50ml cold water

METHOD:-
Put the Buckfast into a small sauce pan and bring to the boil on the stove and reduce till you have about 75ml left – this will burn off the alcohol and concentrate the Buckfast into a syrup. Set aside.
Place the water and caster sugar into a saucepan and set over a high heat. Make a caramel by boiling till the contents of the pan turn a dark blond colour (take care here as it gets very hot). Take off the heat and carefully (stand back a tad), add the reduced Buckfast, cream and butter.
Mix in as best you can with a heat proof spatula then put the pan back on the stove and re-boil the contents for 2 mins – stirring from time to time.
Pour into a small metal bowl and cool then store in fridge, covered, till needed.
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TO FINISH YOUR HEART TREATS
Warm the Buckfast caramel in the microwave for a few seconds till it softens and can be easily mixed
Put about ½ a teaspoon blob of the caramel onto the middle of a base (full round) biscuit then top, gently pushing, with a cut out biscuit – keep flat for a few mins till the caramel cools and firms up.
Repeat with rest of biscuits.
Oh yes – now eat them!
Great with the Buckfast Passion Pots! 

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2 comments:

  1. That's so funny that he uses Buckfast Tonic Wine - I come from Buckfast, I can see the Abbey where they make it from my childhood bedroom! It's vile stuff though, not sure I'd want it in any food!

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    1. LOL Awww it sounded so lovely too ! You could make it without the wine ! ;-)

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