Rocky Road – Hints and Tips

After your Rocky Road has been fridged you can let your inner Jackson Pollock take over and decorate with 150g of melted white chocolate. You can microwave, use a bain marie or an electric chocolate melting pot. I know I've said it before - I'm not one for spending huge amounts of dosh on kitchen kit that gathers dust but this little pot is worth the investment. It's quick and easy to use and all you have to wash up is one small pot. You get three pots in the kit – each will take a maximum of 250g of chocolate. This element is entirely optional. If you do decide to decorate then you'll have to fridge the Rocky Road again to allow it to set.

You can portion the Road as you prefer – I cut it into bite size pieces, measuring approximately 3.2cms (ish) – you don't have to lose sleep over exact pieces! The good news – you get over 100 pieces. I find the best way is cut the slab in half then cut each slab into lengths and then each length into bite size pieces.

The Road freezes well as have all the others – you might want to freeze in smaller portions if you intend to use it as part of your own muddle invention. Bear in mind that you have the freeze-dried raspberries and strawberries in the recipe and so can add a fresh fruit to a muddle. I know that it goes against the grain to buy fruits that are out of season but you can get fresh strawberries and a little indulgence in this miserable winter weather lifts the spirits – that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Here's a photo of the freeze-dried raspberries (10g) and strawberries (7g) - to give perspective the tubes measure 14 x 3cms. Try your favourite on-line grocer's search engine. If you live the in the UK then I may be able to save you time by saying that I bought mine from Waitrose.

Clever idea and they taste great in the Rocky Road.

Rigorous testing has of course taken place. The verdict – unanimous – better than all previous offerings and the shortbread ingredient is brilliant.

Step by step photo guide on its way.