Second attempt at Millionaire's shortbread

[wiseheart]

... turned out better than the first one quite some time ago. Partly because I've found a shortbread recipe that didn't came out of the oven hard like shoesoles (not to mention it tastes great) and partly because I had found ready-made caramel cream at Aldi half a year or so ago. It is still a bit too liquid for my taste, but at least I didn't have to bother with making it from scratch (which has proved hopeless several times). I did kill the chocolate ganache, though, because I forgot that I shouldn't add cold butter to melted chocolate, and the whole thing ended up terribly grainy and matte. But it still tastes good, so I consider it a lesson learned and all that.

Other than baking, I've finished Card #12 and pre-prickled the next two pieces. Tomorrow I'll be out of the house a lot, so it's good to do things in advance.

Tomorrow, there were lots of athletics on the telly, which we both enjoyed a lot. So, we've watched TV for a couple of hours, both in the morning and the afternoon. The weather was also only moderately warm (29°C), so it was bearable.

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Weird! I'm really glad we have both Aldi and Lidl, they are excellent supermarkets: not too big but well sorted ones.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

we don't have Lidl either but we do have the Grocery Outlet, Sprouts, Trader Joe, Safeway and some mom and pop grocery stores. Whole Foods is too expensive so I almost never get anything there.