Turkish Delight Snowy Road

One of my favourite feature length animated films as a child was The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. My brother and I used to watch that cartoon over and over again and I enjoyed reading the book many times during my childhood also. Even now as an adult I am enchanted by the idea of discovering a hidden mystical far away land by walking through a wardrobe!

Using the story as inspiration I have created Turkish Delight Snowy Road. The idea came about from remembering how much Edmond was entranced by the white witch's turskish delight and it was that delicious  sweet, mixed with promises made by the witch, which encouraged Edmond to betray his brother and sisters and Aslan. Rocky road is a favourite sweet treat of mine, and I thought that if I made it using white chocolate (for snow), turkish delight to add the delicate rose scent and flavour and dessicated coconut as garnish to look like snow flakes, it could look a bit like it came from Narnia?? Well, I can but try!

The taste is sooo good - sweet yes but the jelly texture of the turkish delight addded a lovely chewiness and the rose flavour took away the sweetness as did the coconut. 

Here is how I made Turkish Delight Snowy Road

To make this Narnia inspired rocky road please read on

(Makes 16 squares)

 Ingredients

200g coconut biscuits

300g white chocolate

3 tbsp golden syrup

125g unsalted butter

100g marshmallows (I used pink and white ones)

100g rose scented turkish delight

dessicated coconut for garnishing

Method

Grease and line a deep baking tin - I used a 2lb loaf tin as I like my rocky road thick but you could use a 9inch square pan. Pour some dessicated coconut into the bottom of the pan and put to one side

Bash the biscuits (I do this with a rolling pin in a freezer bag covered with a tea towel) to crush them and make crumbs - note they don't need to be uniformed like when making a cheesecake I like to have some bits bigger than others. Leave to one side

Cur your marshmallows in half using scissors,  and your turkish delight into four and put both to one side

Place the chocolate, syrup and butter into a saucepan and heat gently to melt all the ingredients together

Remove from the heat and stir in the biscuit crumbs, marshmallows and turkish delight until everything is covered in the sticky chocolate sauce

Pour the mixture into your greased baking tin and then cover the top of it with some more dessicated coconut. 

Place in the fridge for a couple of hours to set before removing from your tin and cutting into slices, and then cut the slices in half and enjoy!

I am entering this into a new competiiton launched last week and runs until 30th June, 2013) . Narnia Food and Feasts is open for anyone to post a recipe which has been inspired by the Chronicles Of Narnia - any event, character, story or food mentioned within the books.

You could win:

A one night stay and meal for two at The Goring Hotel in London

A food foraging Taste the Wild day course for two

A complete colour Narnia library

Plus, the chance for your Narnia themed dish to star in our new recipe collection in ebook!

The Competition

·         Enter your Narnia-inspired recipe and photo of your creation for the chance to win

·         All entries are voted for by the public on the Chronicles of Narnia Facebook page and then the top ten are put to our judges

·         All UK entrants and voters are also offered The Magician’s Nephew in ebook for just £1.99!

The judges:

·         A chef from The Goring, the exclusive London hotel

·         Food foraging expert and Countryfile presenter Chris Bax

·         Douglas Gresham

Good luck!!