Uses for fruit juice in cooking

Great news for chocolate lovers!  Good news for fruit juice lovers too!  A new chocolate has been invented that will have less fat than normal chocolate.  Why?  Because the designers behind it have replaced the fat with fruit juice.  Hurrah!  In fact, according to chemists at the University of Warwick, the brains behind the new product, up to 50 per cent of the chocolate’s fat content has been replaced with the juice.  They also claim that they have spent months making sure the ‘mouthfeel’ of the chocolate is perfect.

According to the scientists, people crave the indulgent sensations of chocolate which are brought on by the fat i.e. the silky smooth texture and the way it melts in the mouth.  But Dr Stefan Bon from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick has said he and his team have found a way to maintain those characteristics by using fruit juice.  Sounds delicious if you use us!

This got us thinking about other uses for fruit juice.  As well as drinking Simply Nectar you could use it for all manner of things.  Here is a little list of examples.

Ice lollies or frozen yoghurt

Fill some ice lolly moulds with Simply Nectar, add some water and stick them in the freezer for delicious ice lollies.  Or simply add some yoghurt to the juice and try making frozen yoghurt/ice cream.

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Cereal topping

If you’re not a fan of milk perhaps use Simply Nectar for cereal.  Pour it on and enjoy a fruity sensation for breakfast…or lunch, or dinner – whenever!

Cake ingredient

Perhaps add some Simply Nectar to cake mixture to give it a fruity kick.  Or alternatively add it to icing sugar or butter icing to give a flavoured cake topping or filling.

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Meat or fish flavouringRather than adding beer or wine to meat or fish, perhaps add a splash of Simply Nectar when it’s cooking.  It’ll soak into the meat/fish and add a fruity flavour.

Salad dressingCombine Simply Nectar with a vinegarette and drizzle over salad for an exotic twist on a regular dish.

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So, what do you think?  Would you use Simply Nectar for any of these? If you have any other suggestions please do let us know.

Simply fruit juice uses,

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(For more detail on the chocolate story, please see: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2188119/Good-news-chocaholics-Scientists-replace-fat-FRUIT-JUICE-create-healthy-chocolate-bars.html#ixzz252SGTST2)

Appley chocolate and chocolatey apples

Today is Chocolate Day.  Hurrah.  You know what this means, right?  Yep, you guessed it, everybody is allowed to eat lots of chocolate.  About time too.  What's more, we've just read that eating chocolate cake can help people lose weight.  This is FANTASTIC news.  Chocolate cake for breakfast all round me thinks.  Click on the delightful looking chocolate cake below and visit the Daily Mirror link for more information.

Image taken from www.mirror.co.uk

As well as chocolate, we are also celebrating apples.  Why?  Because it's National Bramley Apple Week of course.  All these national days need to be abided by so I think it only right that we pay our respects to the apple as well.  I thought long and hard about how we could do this best and I think the solution is to combine the apples and the chocolate and have one massive celebration.  We could create appley chocolate or even chocolatey apples!  We could also make some delicious desserts using both ingredients. Granted, the apples may not necessarily be Bramley apples but hey, they're all part of the same family.

Here are some of our suggestions on how you can enjoy both apples and chocolate together:

1. Drink Apple Simply Nectar and munch on an organic chocolate bar such as Go*Do.  Mmmm

2. Tuck into a fabulous What On Earth Organic Chocolate Cheesecake and either top it with apple slices or eat it with some apple sauce. Yum

3. Create some Chocolate-dipped apples - they're a step up from toffee apples!  The image below is taken from Food Network.  Visit the site now for their amazing chocolate-dipped apples recipe.

Courtesy of www.foodnetwork.co.uk

4. Bake a chocolate apple pie.  Like the look of the below?  Then visit the Kayotic Kitchen blogspot for the recipe

Courtesy of http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/

5. Roll your sleeves up and make the below chocolate apple crumble using the recipe from the Satin and Salt Blog.

Courtesy of satinandsalt.blogspot.com

Right, is that enough suggestions?  I hope so.  They will keep you busy for hours so get into that kitchen and see what you can come up with.  We hope you enjoy all the apples and chocolate.  We certainly will!

Simply appley chocolate.

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