Christma recipes

• Melted butter to grease
• 1 400g can sweetened condensed milk
• 100g butter, cubed
• 250g (1 ¼ cups, firmly packed) Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar
• 1 tbs Chelsea Golden Syrup
• 100g milk chocolate, finely chopped

MACARON SHELLS

• 1 cup Chelsea Icing Sugar (150g)
• 1 cup ground almonds (120g)
• 3 large egg whites (115g)
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• ¼ tsp cream of tartar
• ⅓ cup Chelsea Caster Sugar (75g)

FILLING

• ⅓ cup thickened cream (80ml)
• 200g white chocolate, finely chopped
• 6 paper straws (cut in half) or 12 ice cream sticks

TO DECORATE

• 1 egg white
• 1 ½ cups Chelsea Pure Decorating Icing Sugar or Chelsea Icing Sugar (225g)
• 1-2 tsp lemon juice
• Black gel food colouring
• Large round coloured sprinkles (for noses and buttons)
• Ribbon, to decorate

• 225g butter, softened
• 115g Chelsea Icing Sugar (¾ cup)
• 225g Edmonds Standard Grade Flour (1 ½ cups)
• 115g Edmonds Fielder's Cornflour (¾ cup)

Fruit Mince

• 250g raisins
• 250g currants
• 250g sultanas
• 50g dried apricots, chopped
• 50g prunes, chopped
• 85g mixed peel, chopped
• 50g blanched almonds, chopped
• 1 large cooking apple, grated
• 330g Chelsea Caster Sugar
• 75g butter, melted
• 60ml brandy or rum
• ½ tsp mixed spice
• grated rind and juice of 1 orange

Pastry

• 250g self raising flour, sifted
• 60g Chelsea Caster Sugar
• 125g unsalted butter, chopped
• 1 egg

Topping

• 1 egg white (lightly beaten)
• Cheslea Icing Sugar to dust

• 500g ripe tomatoes
• 1 red onion, peeled and chopped
• 3 - 5 red chillies (3 = medium, 4 = med/hot, or 5 = hot)
• 5 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1 Tbsp fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 Tbsp fish sauce (30ml)
• 1 ⅓ cups Chelsea Caster Sugar (300g)
• ⅓ cup white vinegar (80ml)

• 1.4kg mixed fruit
• 125g chopped dates
• 125g glace cherries
• 125g mixed peel
• 2 cups Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar (400g)
• 2 cups water (500ml)
• 500g butter, cubed
• 8 eggs
• 2 cups plain flour (300g)
• 2 cups self-raising flour (300g)
• 1 Tbsp malt vinegar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 150ml rum

• 1 2/3 cups plain flour (250g)
• 1/2 Tbsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup neutral oil (i.e. sunflower, canola) (125ml)
• 1/2 cup Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar (100g)
• 1/2 cup Chelsea White Sugar (113g)
• 1/4 cup Chelsea Easypour Molasses (90g)
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Coating

• 1/4 cup Chelsea White Sugar (56g)
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup Chelsea Icing Sugar (50g)