Prep time:

Cooking time: 35 minutes

Total time:

Serves: 8

3 Eggs

3tbsp Caster Sugar

85g Butter

200ml Water

115g Flour

4 Egg Yolks

100g Caster Sugar

25g Plain Flour, sifted

1 Vanilla Pod, scored down the side

½tsp Grated Nutmeg

350ml Milk

200g Melted Chocolate

Enjoy an array of tasty Cocolicious goodies, including festive cookies, macarons, cakes and biscuits, at Wealden Times Midwinter Fair this November (20-22) at The Walled Garden, Bedgebury Pinetum, where Loulou and her talented team will be running the special Tea Tent.

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  • pictures: David Merewether

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