Thursday, 1 June 2006

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Jo Brand's Chocolate Indulgence

Jo Brand lets us in on her naughty but nice chocolate secret

'I love chocolate and I avoid not eating it whenever I can. I really don't mind its hue of brown and I even go for white. Even if pressed for a particular manufacturer, I couldn't possibly express a preference, although I do like to support fairly traded chocolate products. So my favourite puddings will always have a chocolaty theme. Hence one of my dilemmas – copyright and favouring a brand – forgive the pun.
'So what I will divulge is one of my private little indulgences: I get a huge bowl, fill it not quite full of ice cream (a good strongly-flavoured vanilla) and on it I empty out several pots of chocolate fromage frais. I sit down in front of the telly and very slowly empty the bowl of its entire contents, using a spoon of course. I gently sweep my finger around the edges and refill immediately.'

Recipe from The You Are What You Are Cookbook (£7.99, Accent Press). All profits from this book go to support Beds Garden Carers – a charity for adults with learning disabilities. For more info, visit www.bedsgardencarers.org.uk or call 01234 32887.