Mamamia Kitchen #2: Peanut Butter Slice

In the first episode of the Mamamia Kitchen I made Borlotti Bean Bruschetta and for my next trick I take on Nigella’s Peanut Butter Slice in a new apron.

Now, the first thing I thought when I saw this recipe was that it needed a biscuit base. Just for some crunch and to balance the intensity and richness of the peanut butter and chocolate bits.

The Cake Mistress’s version of Nigella’s recipe with a biscuit base

I didn’t freestyle on the recipe because I need to get my confidence up a bit before I attempt that but afterwards when I did a bit of digging, I found that The Cake Mistress had had the same thought and adapted the same recipe to include a biscuit base.

Click through the gallery for a step-by-step guide on putting the recipe together and thanks to MM reader Jo M who made the suggestion. Also in the gallery, you can see photos of MM site co-ordinator Nicky and our office dog Henry. Lana was behind the camera but her hand did appear a few times in the video so she’s well represented.

What is YOUR favourite sweet treat? Please share your recipes if you have them. Or maybe something pre-made is your thing. I have a bit of a thing for choc bits at the moment……eaten after dinner.

Have all the ingredients handy

You need 200 grams smooth peanut butter

Dark brown sugar and icing sugar

You need 100g butter

Dark chocolate and milk chocolate

Two mixing bowls a measuring jug and a pot

Don your sparkliest apron

Measure out 200 grams of smooth peanut butter

Do not attempt to eat the plain peanut butter

Take some time to examine the butter

Then measure out 50 grams

Melt the butter and the peanut butter in the microwave

Do not drink peanut butter and butter mixture EVER

Measure out 50 grams of brown sugar

Bite open the icing sugar or use scissors

Nicky laughed a lot, Lana hid behind the camera

Measure out 200 grams of icing sugar

Combine the two sugars

Add the butters to the sugars

Stir it up

It can get hard but stir some more

And even more

Line baking tray with baking paper

You can even criss cross the baking paper-to make sure it is all covered

Pour the peanut butter mixture onto the baking tray

Make sure you remove all the mixture from the spoon

Whack it right in

Do not wake the dog

Flatten it with your hands, its fun like Play-Dough

This is the base

Take out the chocolate

Break 200 grams milk chocolate into glass bowl

Ogle at the beauty of the chocolate

Add 100g of dark chocolate you can call it plain chocolate if you are fancy

Ogle once again

Add a tablespoon of butter without the paper

Switch on the oven

Melt the butter and the chocolate

Keep stirring and ogling

Stuff the ogling, taste the chocolate

Pour the chocolate mixture onto the peanut butter base

Dont miss a bit

Smear the chocolate on

Pop the slice into the freezer

Half an hour later this is how it looks; the same but colder

Slice the chocolate peanut butter er, slice into squares

Taste it

As you plate it

Put some aside on a plate for the rest of the family

Voila! The finished product

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