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I’m thrilled to be pairing with Best Recipes in their search for Australia’s ultimate home cook hero. Each month they seek recipes to suit a theme. The best recipe each month wins $1000 and has their recipe printed in Super Food Ideas Magazine. I cannot tell you how much I want a Cooker and a Looker reader to win. This community is filled with fabulous home cooks and I’d love to see your name up in lights (or print, whatever, you know what I mean!) For more info head here.
This month’s theme is edible Christmas gifts, so I’m sharing a recipe I trot out this time every year. The white chocolate, pistachios and cranberries give this rocky road a yuletide feel. If you enter, please drop me a line and let me know – I’d love to cheer you on!
Christmas Rocky Road
This simple recipe is a perfect edible Christmas gift. Just be sure to give it away quickly – I’ve found it evaporates out of our fridge at a rapid rate!
Ingredients:
200g macadamia nuts
85g pistachios
1/3 cup desiccated coconut
180g dried cranberries
350g marshmallows
500g good quality white chocolate
Method:
Roughly chop the macadamias. Halve the marshmallows. Combine the nuts, cranberries and coconut in a bowl. Stir in the coconut.
Line two loaf tins with baking paper.
Melt the chocolate and stir it into the nut mixture. Mix well – the coconut tends to find it’s way to the bottom of the bowl. Spoon the mixture into the two loaf pans. Place a piece of baking paper on the top of each loaf pan and press the mixture down.
Refrigerate until set.
Slice into cubes and give it away as quickly as possible!
If there’s ever a time to honour home cooks, it’s Christmas. The holiday season is a time filled with tradition and food. Home cooking is synonymous with making memories; years after home cooks have hung up their aprons, the memories of their cooking remain.
Here’s to home cooks…..
Forgive me, I’m more of a cook than a poet!
Yum, what a great combination! Rocky Road is a Christmas tradition in our house and I give it along with shortbread and Christmas Cakes as gifts.
Yes! This is one thing I actually can make and have made many a time. It’s always a winner. The best recipes comp sounds awesome, alas I am no cook. I will attempt to make xmas food gifts for the daycare teachers this year though. I hope it doesn’t end in tears :/
This sounds like a healthier version of Rocky Road with the pistachios and cranberries. I need to make some Rocky Road for Christmas I think.
Oh Yum! Christmas Rocky Road – SO making this one! I adore Rocky Road! Thanks for the recipe.
I love the look of these, will be making it for sure.
Would you believe that I make a great white Xmas, my secret ingredient, gummy bears!! I must do it again this year as it was a HIT – and I might even give some away…. although it’s pricey because my family tuck in to it. Meh I won’t be a grinch and just do it. (one day)
mmmm, does it post well? Need my address?
I’m drooling here. That looks amazing!
This looks SO GOOD! But I must confess to being a bit of a failure at the giving it away part 🙂
I’m not usually a big fan of rocky road – but I think I’ve just ever eaten the stuff from the shops. I like that you use pistachio nuts, though. Hmmmm…You may have just converted me, Amanda 🙂 x
This!!! It looks amazing and on tune for some christmas treats!
I haven’t seen rocky road with those ingredients before. Looks like a sophisticated rocky road…perfect little gift. Thanks,
Cranberries and pistachios – classic christmas combination – love it!