Desserts
British
BritishMillionaires Shortbread
A traybake of buttery shortbread, soft caramel and a chocolate top, presented three ways. The basic tier uses condensed-milk caramel and cooking chocolate, while the ultimate builds a salted brown-butter shortbread under a tempered single-origin layer.
Vegetarian
Budget version
Three quick layers using margarine, tinned caramel and value chocolate.
Per serving£0.40
Total cost£3.20
Time40 min
Ingredients for 8
- Shortbread
- 150 g plain flour
- 100 g block margarine , softened
- 50 g caster sugar
- Caramel
- 395 g tinned caramel
- Topping
- 200 g value milk chocolate , broken up
Method
- Rub the flour, margarine and sugar together and press into a lined tin.
- Bake the base at 170C for 18-20 minutes until pale golden, then cool.
- Spread the tinned caramel evenly over the cooled shortbread.
- Melt the milk chocolate in the microwave in short bursts and pour over the caramel.
- Chill until set, then cut into squares with a hot knife.
Equipment
- baking tin
- mixing bowl
The three ways, side by side
Budget
Three quick layers using margarine, tinned caramel and value chocolate.
Better
All-butter shortbread with a proper homemade caramel and good milk chocolate.
Ultimate
Salted brown-butter shortbread, vanilla salted caramel and tempered dark chocolate.
