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The Phat Doughnut Co. Review

The Phat Doughnut Co. – Donut Judge My Diet.

So today we got a surprise in the office ! i got to try a fresh doughnut delivered to us by The Phat Doughnut Co..

These doughnuts are made by hand in Nottingham and then freshly delivered to your door ! You can order on the above link by contacting them on Facebook. They also have a stand in Nottingham opening on the 14th of July on Clinton Street Market so keep an eye out ! Prices start around £12 for a dozen.

  Anyway lets get down to the sticky business. Doughnuts, i’m not ashamed to say ive had a fair few types and flavours, ranging from McDonalds to Dunkin’ Donuts and of course, Krispy Kreme. I was a massive advocate of Krispy Kreme for a few years before they had many places to buy in the UK. We have even travelled over 2 hours by car when we didn’t have a Kiosk near us. We practically lived on these at any special occasion buying by the double dozen. I like to think i know a good doughnut when i taste one.

To my delight we had to pick a doughnut handmade by The Phat Doughnut Co. , but what to choose ? my god the smell, the smell of warm sugary dough filled the room. The box instantly created a buzz, 4 people started taking pictures of the contents while each person was eyeing up which one to take !

I set my sights on the chocolate doughnut with oreo’s crumbled on top.

Size wise, this thing really was Phat, i could easily eat 2 Krispy Kreme’s in one sitting and i just about managed to eat the whole doughnut, for most people it could easily take you 2 sittings to eat, the photo comparing size really doesn’t do it justice !

So onto the taste… Wow, first thing i can say it wasn’t no where near as sweet or sickly as Krispy Kreme. You could actually taste the other flavours without being knocked out by the sweetness. This in turn made the doughnut a much more pleasant eat, the dough as mentioned by a colleague is almost “Brioche like” and has a fantastic lightness and stand alone flavour. The grease ? what grease ? doughnuts can traditionally be greasy and heavy, none of that here, Fantastic

Now, i’ve been to a few food fairs now reviewing bits i can find, and the fact i had a handmade doughnut delivered directly to my door today really blew me away. I wish i had a chance to sample some of the other flavours as im sure my partner and little boys would love them but it was me or them and this was one doughnut that was too good to share.

ICSOT Rating – 8.5 / 10

The Phat Doughnut Co. Review was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk

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Mr Vikkis Chilli Jam Review

Mr Vikkis Chilli Jam – Is this a Jam to stick with ?

Like my other post reviewing Mr Vikkis King Naga Masala HERE , we also purchased a Chilli jam.

Now in our house chilli jam is somewhat of a sticky point! (pun intended ) 3 years ago we grew our own chillies and needed something to do with them. At the time we were also donated some apples, we experimented a little and came up with an awesome chilli jam .

ICouldSnackOnThat’s Chilli Jam

Now that year we gave them out as christmas presents and i’m not saying this lightly, they went down a storm. every single one of those 30 jars. The following year we made the same batch again but kept the whole lot for ourselves. Last year we didn’t get around to making some so have been on a quest to find something equally as good. Supermarkets, farmers markets, fairs, we tried everywhere and the jams were nothing close, either not sweet enough, too runny to just down right awful.

At the food show we were drawn to Mr Vikkis stand with a selection of free to tase pickles, one of those was the Chilli jam. We sampled some on a small poppadom and BAM it was pretty close, the thick sticky texture was awesome, you can spread this and turn it upside down and it wont budge. Its sweet with a kick, great with poppadoms, with meat or cheese and transforms a ham sandwich.

I’m always going to be a little bias and say our homemade jam is better, but my, Mr Vikki comes pretty close ! and at £3.50 a jar it saves us a lot of time growing our own chillies !

ICSOT Rating – 8.5 / 10

Mr Vikkis Chilli Jam Review was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk

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Mr Vikkis King Naga Masala Sauce Review

Mr Vikkis King Naga Masala Sauce – Is this the king of all curry sauces ?

Ok so a month ago i was invited to a food show, of course while there we picked up lots of new things and i have been reviewing them as i go. There were a few Curry based stands and we sampled everything.

We were drawn to Mr Vikkis stand with a selection of free to tase pickles (Which i will review separately). While there the gentleman was cooking up a batch of Mr Vikkis King Naga Masala Sauce. I wont lie, it smelt amazing. We sampled it and it tasted pretty good but it was hard to get a full taste on the back of a teaspoon sized poppadom. We purchased a selection of 3 pickles and the Mr Vikkis King Naga Masala Sauce which is for sale at £4.20.

Today i got around to cooking with it and its pretty simple, browned my chicken, poured the sauce in, filled the sauce jar halfway with boiling water and added into the pan. I let this simmer for around 20 minutes until the sauce thickened.

Mr Vikkis King Naga Masala Sauce

Myself and my partner are massive curry fans and make our own from scratch as well as eating out at restaurants. We have used the generic supermarket curries and even tried other up and coming curry brands. I make no mistake when i say this, this is hands down the best homemade curry i have sampled, it even rivals balti house currys. The flavours of tomato, onion, ginger and garlic are something to behold, the heat is perfect, its not going to make you sweat but you know its there.

Mr Vikkis King Naga Masala Sauce

If you want to experience a fantastic at home curry, this is it, you need look no further. Heres a link : Mr Vikkis King Naga Masala Sauce

I know some people will think that it could be considered a high price (£4.20) for an at home curry jar but this is not in the same ball park, this is going up against £20 balti house currys and coming out a winner. Also currently if you spend over £25 you get free delivery !

ICSOT Rating – 9 / 10

Mr Vikkis King Naga Masala Sauce Review was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk

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Here at http://icouldsnackonthat.co.uk we were looking for an awsome cake to bake and needed to bake it now. We decided on the following from Whisk Kids, its pretty awsome : http://whisk-kid.com/2009/08/say-it-with-cake-super-epic-rainbow-cake.html

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Smoke on a gas bbq - Slow Smoked Pork Shoulder

Smoke on a Gas BBQ

Well I’ve wanted to give this a shot for a while and ive been told you cant smoke on a gas BBQ, so we got a pork shoulder from Aldi, and went straight ahead !

We have :

1 x pork shoulder

Mustard

BBQ Mild n’ Sweet Rub from : BBQessentials.co.uk

Whiskey barrel woodchips from : BBQessentials.co.uk

Rubbed the mustard into the pork all over. a cheap mustard will do, its just to make to rub stick, you wont even taste the mustard at the end.

Soaked the woodchips for an hour in water. These chips seem alot smaller than what i have used before, smell great though.

Depending on your gas grill where you can put the chips, i have a smoking box so used that and turned a fat bar upside down and it was a perfect fit. If you don’t have a smoke box just wrap them up in foil. If you cant get enough heat to get them smoking here, you might want to start them off on a side burner if you have one. Typically i go through a box of chips per hour.

After 10 mins or so just with the burner on the woodchips and the others not turned on its started smoking nicely, need the temp at around 125 – 150 deg c.

After 1 hour, the smoking is right on point, at this time i tend to start basting the meat every hour, i used apple juice with some olive oil.

2 hours in, still basting and the crust is forming

At the end of the cook, we left it on for 4.5 hours in total, it looks good now tell me you cant smoke on a gas BBQ

Have to say this tasted fantastic and was well worth the wait. This chips worked perfectly and the rub was delicious. I would perhaps use the sweet and spicy rub next time.

What do you guys think ? have you guys used smoke on a gas BBQ ?

Woodchips

pork, mustard and rub

mild n sweet rub

mustard pork

woodchips ready

cooked pork

cooked pork

pork after 2 hours

pork after 1 hour

Smoking on gas BBQ

  Smoke on a gas bbq – Slow Smoked Pork Shoulder was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk

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Galaxy Salted Caramel Review

Galaxy Salted Caramel  – Not In The Same Galaxy

So, a new salted caramel bar. now i love salted caramel and my personal favorite is lindt salted caramel bar so i really had to give this a try at £1.

The bar looks and smells exactly the same as a regular Galaxy caramel bar.

The center and texture is the same as the regular caramel bar, which is a little disappointing as the amount in caramel in each chunk it quite low.

The taste was a little disappointing, i would be hard pressed to tell the difference between this and the regular caramel, sure there is one, but it isn’t great. You can certainly tell this is a budget bar of salted caramel compared to the likes  the lindt. Still it isn’t horrible and is still basically Galaxy caramel.

What do you guys think of Galaxy salted caramel ?

ICSOT Rating – 6 / 10

Galaxy Salted Caramel Review was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk

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Banana Mini Roll Review

Cola or Banana Mini Roll anyone ?

Now Cadbury have released 2 special edition mini roll flavors, a cola filling and also a banana mini roll. I love mini rolls and the idea of a banana mini roll sounded the most appealing so snapped a 5 pk up on special offer for £1.

The packet and size is like you expect, with the slogan “i’m on a roll”

Usual look to a mini roll, for some reason there seemed to be a lot of cracking on the shell, guessing this is more down to poor handling in the store / transit ?

  I took a bite, and the center has a yellow tinge to the regular white, the taste was extremely pleasant and certainly wasn’t just a gimmick, these really tasted nice. The best way to describe the flavor ? its a mini roll with a banana milkshake flavor center. The scent from the mini roll? it is really pleasant a strong banana smell and does make you want to dive right in.

So i have to give credit to Cadbury on this one, i haven’t tried the cola flavor (not sure i want to) but the banana mini roll is defiantly a hit.

What do you guys think ?

ICSOT Rating – 7.5 / 10

Banana Mini Roll Review was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk

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ICSOT - Dinner Time ! - Homemade Pizza's

Pizza Night !

Ok Last night was pizza night, so we set to work on making the bases and pizza sauce from scratch. We went for pepperoni, chorizo and mushroom. it was amazing ! Check out the recipe’s for the dough HERE and ultimate pizza sauce HERE .

Homemade Pizza

Homemade Pizza

Homemade Pizza

  ICSOT – Dinner Time ! – Homemade Pizza’s was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk

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Ultimate Pizza Sauce Recipe

Ultimate Pizza Sauce Recipe

Who doesn’t love pizza ? who doesn’t love good pizza ? who doesn’t love great pizza ? well be prepared you are about to make the ultimate pizza sauce..

I’ve experimented with a few different variations and this is a combination of all of those with some additions of my own.

This is the pizza sauce recipe you have been looking for, its sweet and tasty you literally can not get enough of it. we use it on pizzas and then even use it as a dipping sauce for the pizza crusts ! No other pizza sauce recipe will come close. We have used this recipe over and over and it always goes down a treat,

Pizza Sauce Ingredients 

1 tin chopped tomatoes 500g passata 2 tbsp tomato puree 1 medium onion finely diced 1 tbsp minced garlic or 2 finely chopped cloves 1 tsp salt half tsp black pepper 2 tbsp caster sugar 1 tsp dried oregano 5 fresh basil leafs or 1 tsb dried

Method 1. Grab a large frying pan and fry the onion and garlic until just browning.

2. In a large pan add the chopped tomatoes, passata, tomato puree, salt, pepper and then add the garlic and onion. Then cook on a medium heat without lid for 15 mins.

3. Once the pizza sauce has been bubbling away for 15 mins its time to add some herbs, oregano and basil are a great match for tomato so throw those in. Then turn the heat down to low and cook for a further 5 mins.

4. Cook down further depending on how thick you like your pizza sauce, but usually its about right now. Once your happy with it transfer to a suitable container. You can use the pizza sauce right away, store in the fridge or even freeze it ! It also makes a great sauce for anything else ! pasta, sandwiches, dipping etc

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– Have any recommendations for this pizza sauce recipe ? think you can improve it at all ? have you tried it and what do you think ? Comment Below ! also you can view this recipe on Allrecipes.co.uk

Ultimate Pizza Sauce Recipe was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk

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45min Pizza Dough Recipe

Ultimate Pizza Dough Recipe

  If you need a great pizza dough recipe fast then this is it ! it works every time and makes fantastic crispy pizzas and doesn’t cost the earth !

Ingredients

1kg strong white flour 1 tbsp golden caster sugar 1 tbsp salt pinch black pepper 4 tbsp vegetable oil 14g dried yeast 650ml warm water

Method

1. Mix the warm water and yeast in a bowl or bowl and set aside to work.

2. Add the four, sugar, salt, pepper and oil into the mixing bowl.

3. After 5 minutes, add the yeast and water to the bowl and mix on a low speed for 5 minutes with a dough hook. (If not using a mixer, it is possible to do by hand but will take longer)

4. After 5 minutes you should be left with a sticky firm dough. Transfer to a bowl dusted with flour, cover with a warm wet cloth and place in a warm place. (An airing cupboard while the heating is on is ideal)

5. Once the 30 mins is up, dust a surface and your hands, split dough into 6 even sized balls, roll out and enjoy right away, or store in the fridge for upto a week or even freeze the dough !

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  45min Pizza Dough Recipe was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk

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ChurrosUK Review - Churros With Chocolate - £4

My first time with Churros – ChurrosUK Review

Ok well today was a first, I’ve never tried Churros before and have been wanting to for quite sometime now. Churros if you didn’t know is pretty much Spain’s version of “doughnuts at the fair”

These are a little different from those doughnuts we all know and love, essentially the batter seems a lot firmer (any loser and i guess they wouldn’t hold shape). This results in the end product being more chewy than a regular fried doughnut.

We opted to go for Churros with a pot of dipping chocolate from Churrosuk.com . When the five Churros arrived they were hot and tasted how i pictured in my head (albeit a little more of a workout for my mouth). When dipped into the chocolate they were pretty amazing, unfortunately we didn’t get much dipping sauce at all and  had to ration it, i’m not sure if this was because they ran out or if portion sizes really should have been that small. If i had all five, fresh hot Churros with a full pot of chocolate sauce, i would have rated them 8 / 10 but without that i had to score lower.

Either way, I’ve established these are pretty tasty and when dipped in chocolate are amazing !

ICSOT Rating – 7.5 / 10

ChurrosUK Review – Churros With Chocolate – £4 was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk

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The Dippy Chippy Review - Bar-bee-Que Tapas Style - £3.50

We need chips ! – The Dippy Chippy Review

While at the Hardwick Hall food festival my 2 year old was screaming for some chips. The Dippy Chippy (TheDippyChippy.co.uk) was the only place that had them on offer and even had a little twist on just a tray of fried sliced potatoes.

Basically you get a tray of chips and each different menu selection comes with different sauces which are generously applied on top, then on top of that is an added topping such as, bacon bits, crispy onion, biltong ect.

We went with the Bar-bee-Que option which was a tray of large chips, BBQ sauce, Garlic mayo and topped with Chorizo crumb.

Its hard not to be harsh unfortunately, no blame on The Dippy Chippy as the chips were certainly good and the sauce and topping were nice. The problem is, it essentially was just some fried chips with sauce on so nothing special and something that can easily be replicated. That being said we all liked them and there wasn’t any left and the value was good.

ICSOT Rating – 6 / 10

  The Dippy Chippy

The Dippy Chippy Review – Bar-bee-Que Tapas Style – £3.50 was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk

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Pizza Peddlers Review - 'Nduja Wood Fired Pizza - £7

Wood fired pizza from a van ! ? – Pizza Peddlers Review

After visiting a food market at Hardwick Hall today of course the main question was what to have for lunch and Pizza Peddlers (Pizzapeddlers.co.uk) caught my eye. They are a mobile street food team serving wood fired pizzas using local ingredients all from their retro van.

I opted to go for an ‘Nduja pizza and upon ordering the chap mentioned he had some fantastic purple broccoli and asked it i would like that on also, i went for it. After waiting around 5 minutes the pizza came out and i was promptly asked if i wanted rocket and parmesan which i went for also.

The pizza from pizza peddlers was lovely and went down a treat, the sweet tomato base and oily ‘Nduja was offset nicely by the freshness of the broccoli and rocket and the wood fired oven ensured the base was crispy yet soft.

The pizza was a step above any takeaway pizza you might have at one of these event but i would have liked to have had more ‘Nduja sausage. All in all a nice pizza even if slightly pricey

ICSOT Rating – 8 / 10

Pizza Peddlers

Pizza Peddlers

Pizza Peddlers

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Pizza Peddlers Review – ‘Nduja Wood Fired Pizza – £7 was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk

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Aldi Wagyu Beef Burger Review – £2.99

Premium beef at a discount price ? The Aldi Wagyu Beef Burger

Aldi Wagyu beef burger at £2.99 for two. What is Wagyu i hear you ask ? Wagyu is a breed of Japanese cow which is renowned for its great tasting meat and can fetch up to £30 a burger or £100 a kilo in top restaurants. Wagyu beef is renowned for its distinctive marbling of fat which melts into the meat while cooking.

After hearing about these i had to give them a try, we didn’t want to skimp on ingredients but also didn’t want to potentially ruin the burger by doing too much with it. We opted for Brioche burger buns (also from Aldi) sliced mature cheddar cheese, fried onions and fried mushrooms. We sprinkled a little sea salt and black pepper on each side and cooked for 20 minutes regularly turning the burgers, once cooked we assembled and added some mustard and ketchup.

I think i have had quite a few good burgers in my life time, currently the best i have tasted have been #1 – Byronhamburgers.com and #2 – fiveguys.co.uk. After tasting this Aldi Wagyu beef burger i had to really think if any of those two were better than this burger i just prepared in my kitchen… It was pretty close, so what i am going to say is it was hands down the best home cooked burger i have ever had. It could even rival Byron and Fiveguys.

What do you guys think ?

ICSOT Rating – 9 / 10

  Aldi Wagyu Beef Burger

Aldi Wagyu Beef Burger

Aldi Wagyu Beef Burger

Aldi Wagyu Beef Burger

Aldi Wagyu Beef Burger

Aldi Wagyu Beef Burger Review – £2.99 was originally published on ICouldSnackOnThat.co.uk