Name: The Boat Shed Café’s ginger nut slice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 125 gram butter, plus extra for greasing; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 3 tablespoon golden syrup; 250 gram sweetened condensed milk; 250 gram gingernut biscuits, finely crushed; 1 1/2 cup chopped walnuts; 3/4 cup desiccated coconut; 1/2 cup diced dried apricots; 1 tablespoon mixed peel; 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, lightly toasted

The Boat Shed Café’s ginger nut slice

The Boat Shed Café shares the recipe for their much-loved ginger nut slice. Recreate this café favourite and home and enjoy with a hot cup of tea or coffee

Makes 20 piece

Prep

10M

Cook

Total

15M

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Photography by : David Zerilli

This recipe first appeared in Food magazine issue 85.

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Ingredients

125 gram butter, plus extra for greasing

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3 tablespoon golden syrup

250 gram sweetened condensed milk

250 gram gingernut biscuits, finely crushed

1 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

3/4 cup desiccated coconut

1/2 cup diced dried apricots

1 tablespoon mixed peel

1 tablespoon sesame seeds, lightly toasted

Method

1.Lightly grease and line a 30cm x 20cm slice pan.

2.Combine the butter, brown sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon, golden syrup and sweetened condensed milk in a pan. Heat over a low heat, stirring, until well mixed. Simmer gently for 5 minutes then set aside to cool.

3.Combine the gingernuts, walnuts, coconut, apricots and mixed peel in a large bowl. Mix in the butter mixture in well. Press evenly into the prepared pan.

4.Sprinkle the sesame seeds over the top and press in. Cover and chill overnight. Cut into squares or bars to serve.

The Boatshed Café, 2 Cambridge Terrace Christchurch ph 03 366 6768 – PER SERVE: Energy: 263kcal, 1100kj Protein: 4g Fat: 16g Saturated fat: 7g Cholesterol: 17mg Carbohydrate: 27g Fibre: 2g Sodium: 184mg

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