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A pudding by any other name
Who here is familiar with the dessert 'transkei mud' and where did you hear about it?
3 Answers
Yes! Spotted it for the first time in my grandmother's hand written recipe book she gave me. In brackets it said "Peppermint Crisp Tert".
Here is her recipe:
Serves 6
Ingredients:
200g peppermint crisp chocolate
500ml cream
30ml icing sugar
5ml vanilla essence
1 Packet tennis biscuits
1 tin caramel treat
Method:
Grate the chocolate. Whisk the cream with the sugar to form soft peaks. Spread half the caramel treat onto half of the biscuits then place next to each other in a shallow dish. Spread half the cream over the biscuits then sprinkle with half the peppermint crisp. Repeat the process, finishing with the peppermint crisp. Refrigerate, then enjoy.
My children were schooled at Woodridge just outside of Port Elizabeth and they regularly served a dessert by this name. I am sure they still do and you could contact them for the recipe
My mom has this recipe. It's kinda the same as above except there's no vanilla essence and the cream & icing sugar is replaced with a box of Orley Whip (2 sachets per box).
You mix the caramel in with the orley whip and the grated peppermint crisp (keep some behind for the top). Alternate between biscuits (start with a bottom layer) and orley whip mix. (Top must be orley whip). Add leftover peppermint crisp. Eat the next day (if you can resist) because the orley whip/caramel mix pulls into the biscuits. Mmm - going to make some.
