The Bible presupposes a love of self, a desire to experience pleasure and avoid pain, as inherent in the human makeup and as the ground of ethical imperatives. For example, loving ourselves is often used as a criterion in Scripture for the love of others (Mt. 19:19; Eph. 5:28). It is an assumed fact that we do love ourselves, and it is not evil to do so if it is done rightly… Thus Christianity, far from denigrating human worth, actually presupposes it in some of its fundamental teachings. Yet something has tragically blighted and twisted love of self into a gross perversion of God’s intent for His creatures. The fall of the human race into sin caused love of self to become mere selfishness. What was lost was a focus outside the self – that is, a love of God that gave it control and benevolence.

John Hannah

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Dessert, Here’s one , Earlier2	6	servings

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

SHORTBREAD PASTRY
55 g Unsalted Butter 55 g Caster Sugar 85 g Plain Flour 30 g Semolina
Wicked Chocolate Filling:
170 g Dark Bitter Chocolate with a High Cocoa Butter Content 6 tbsps Brandy
600 ml Single Cream 4 Size 2 Eggs 395 g Caster Sugar 3 tbsp Rounded
Cornflour 195 g Unsalted Butter 1 Split Vanilla Pod
1. Chill shortbread pastry for at least an hour.
2. Bake pastry blind
3. Allow to go cold.
Wicked Chocolate Filling
4. Melt chocolate and brandy in a double boiler or in a basin over a pan of
hot water.
5. Blend cornflour, sugar and beaten eggs with a little of the cream.
6. Heat the rest of the cream with the vanilla pod and then stir into the
blended egg mixture.
7. Cook gently, stirring all the time until mixture thickens and the
cornflour is cooked out - taste it.
8. This will take about 6 - 8 minutes. Remove vanilla pod.
9. Cool slightly and then beat in melted butter.
10. Pour into the cold shortbread tart case and leave to set. The tart will
have a high gloss on the surface and needs little embellishment.
11. Decorate with chocolate curls or a cluster of chocolate leaves.
Shortbread Pastry
12. Cream the fat and sugar together.
13. Then fold in the flour and semolina.
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NOTES : Chef:Tessa Bramley
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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