MONSTER BITES (SERVES 6)
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TUCK into a spooky Halloween with some monstrous munchies.
Tesco is helping to cast a spell over the holiday with some frighteningly good sweet and savoury treats.
The chocolatey bats will fly off the table before you can say boo! There’s a savoury monster bites recipe, as well as a devilishly delicious chocolate cheesecake to try.
And the Easy Peasy Baking campaign’s ghost cupcakes will bring a shiver of delight. The chocolate cupcakes, topped with fondant icing and marshmallow ghosts, are a crowd pleaser.
Or impress mummy with individually baked pies with puff pastry bandages and edible eyes, filled with sausage and pumpkin purée.
Sink your teeth into these recipes.
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INGREDIENTS
350g self-raising four;
1 tsp baking powder; 75g butter, plus extra for spreading; 2 tbsp chopped chives green food colouring gel; 175ml milk; 6 Edam slices, halved diagonally; 3 smoked ham slices, halved; 12 pimento stuffed olives
METHOD
1. Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. Put the flour, baking powder and ¼ tsp salt in a bowl and rub in the butter. Stir in the chives.
2. Add the green food colouring to the milk (the more you add, the greener your monsters will be!). Stir the milk into the flour mixture, mixing to form a soft dough. Lightly knead to combine, then tip out the dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a 1cm thick oblong, about 14cm x 20cm. Using a round 6½ cm cutter, stamp out 6 rounds.
3. Space them out on a baking tray. Bake for 10 minutes, or until risen and golden. Remove the scones from the oven and set aside on a wire rack to cool completely.
4. Slice the cooled scones in half and butter both sides. Cut the edges of the halved cheese slices into jagged ‘V’ shapes to make monsters’ ‘teeth’. Arrange each ham slice between two cheese slices for the ‘tongues’. Position on the bottom of each scone. Sandwich with the matching tops.
5. Using cocktail sticks (don’t forget to remove the sticks before eating), affix two olives to the top of each scone for the monsters’ ‘eyes’.
6. Arrange on a serving platter.