Rocky road

The original recipe for this rocky road was given to me by Laurie Black. It was quite refined back then. I have trashed it up and added a lot more “bits” over the years. Treat this recipe as a guide and change it to suit your tastes. You might like more chocolate and fewer “bits”. You can use any nuts and/or dried fruits you like and the coconut can come and go, too. The marshmallows are the component I always include.

Ingredients

500 g	Dark chocolate, good quailty, chopped (Main)
½ cup	Pistachio nuts, raw
3 Tbsp	Walnut oil
½ cup	Brazil nuts
½ cup	Dried cherries
2 ½ cups	Marshmallows, I use white only (Main)
1 cup	Desiccated coconut, lightly toasted

Directions

1. Line the base and the sides of a 15 x 26cm tin or glass dish with baking paper.
2. Place chocolate and oil in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water and stir until melted. Don't let the bowl touch the water.
3. Chop the nuts, cherries and marshmallows into smaller pieces if you like. I roughly chop the nuts and chop the marshmallows and cherries in half.
4. Mix all other ingredients through the chocolate and set aside to set.
5. Cut into small squares.