BRAfest reminder

Mud City Stout Chocolate Ice Cream recipe

Ingredients
1 vanilla pod
250ml double cream
250ml Sadler's Ales Mud City Stout
175g granulated sugar
1½ tsp cocoa powder
4 egg yolks

Serves 2

Preparation
1. To make the ice cream, halve the vanilla pod lengthways and scrape out the seeds. Add to a pan with the double cream, stout and sugar and bring up to the boil.

2. In a large bowl, mix together the cocoa powder and the egg yolks, blending thoroughly. Add a small amount of the stout cream to the cocoa powder and egg yolks, whisking quickly to temper the eggs. Add the egg mixture to the pan and cook until thick, whisking constantly. Cool the mixture, and then process in an ice cream maker.

More Hampton activity - Foodie Festival 23-25 May

We'll be attending this foodie event to promote the virtues of British bottled real ales. Join us in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace for a celebration of fine food and drink over the May Bank Holiday weekend Ales to try and discussions to be had. http://www.foodiesfestival.com/hampton-court/

Meet Mat Follas, the Masterchef 2009 winner as he cooks live at the Olive magazine Chefs theatre at the weekend. He will be joining Michelin star and top chefs from leading restaurants who will cook live every hour on the hour.

Tempt your tastebuds with fine food and drink in the Harvey Nichols marquee and sip champagne in the Veuve Cliquot tent.

Try a sushi, chocolate, cheese or champagne masterclass, sample dishes from leading restaurants and buy fresh ingredients in the local producers market. For budding young chefs there is a chance to learn to cook in the Cooking with Kids masterclass

BRAfest at The Jolly Coopers, Hampton

The time has come for another BRAfest - Bottled Real Ale festival a the Jolly Coopers in High Street, Hampton, Middlesex.
1-10 May there will be 50 British bottled real ales to discover, savour, critique and above all enjoy. There will be milds, bitters, IPAs, golden ales, porters, stouts, lager-styles, fruit and wheat beers and barley wines. Live music Sunday night from The Scene. A May Day weekend to discover the breadth of British ales.

Beer for brians...proven!