A Very English Treat.

A very English treat for a very English Metal band.
Iron Maiden. One of the Pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

Now what dare you say, might a quaint English Heavy Metal fan have as a little treat in between sipping tea and headbanging?

Tiffin.

It sounds kinda naughty doesn't it?
Well it is!
Gooey, crunchy and sweet all at the same time.

Tiffin is what Americans would call " chocolate refrigerator cake".
There's lots of versions but typically it has chocolate, digestive biscuits, Golden syrup, butter and dried fruit.

I threw a whole loada other crap in it too. but hey, that's just me.

You probably expected me to put up one of the classic videos. Fear of the Dark maybe? Number of The Beast etc.
But no. I like The Wicker Man. It makes me wanna punch the air and rejoice in the fact that no matter how time passes, Iron maiden are still the dogs bollocks,
Maiden, Maiden, Maiden, Maiden....................





Tiffin

Makes 16 squares

Ingredients:

500g milk chocolate
200g digestive biscuits
150g glace cherries
100g unsalted butter
4 tablespoons golden syrup
100g mini marshmallows (optional)
50g dessicated coconut (optional)


Grease a shallow square tin about 8" x 8".

Put your digestives into a big bowl and bash them up a little with a rolling pin. You want the pieces to be quite chunky.
Add the glace cherries, marshmallows and coconut and mix together.

Break up 250g of the milk chocolate and place into a heat proof bowl. Add the butter and golden syrup.

Microwave on medium for about 3 to 4 minutes, stirring and checking regularly until melted.

Mix till smooth then pour over the rest of the ingredients. Mix thoroughly and put into your square tin and level out.

Melt the remainder of the chocolate in a heatproof bowl as above for a few minutes and then pour over the tiffin. Spread out then place tiffin in fridge for a few hours to set.

Cut into 16 squares and serve. Goes nice with a good cuppa.

Quite!