For many visitors to Shetland, a highlight is a trip to the Hoswick Visitor Centre for some of their famous, mouth-watering Tiffin. Rosemary Inkster who manages the busy Hoswick Visitor Centre in Shetland, kindly agreed to share this tempting and moreish recipe! Hoswick Visitor Centre Lasses photo © Copyright Ross Stopper In recent months, we have loved seeing how many people have been enjoying isles-inspired recipes. We know how much Shetland visitors love Hoswick Tiffin, and Rosemary Inkster who manages the busy Visitor Centre, kindly agreed to share the tempting and moreish recipe for the sweet tray bake! Ingredients to make Hoswick Tiffin photo © Copyright Magnus Dixon Ingredients: 220g (1 cup) butter 4 tbsp caster sugar 4 tbsp golden syrup 8 tbsp cocoa powder 450 g (4½ cups) digestive biscuits Raisins – are optional (but why would you not include?) 150g (¾ cup) chocolate (for the topping) The wet and dry ingredients ready to combine photo © Copyright Magnus Dixon Method: 1. Melt the butter, sugar, syrup and cocoa in a large pan. 2. Crush the digestive biscuits. Though you might be tempted to whizz the biscuits in a food processor, we’d recommend, having some bigger chunks of biscuits in the bowl. Add the raisins also. 3. Combine the melted mixture with the crushed biscuits. The completed tiffin base mixture photo © Copyright Magnus Dixon 4. Press the mixture into a greased tin. We washed a spoon with hot water, and used this to smooth out the tiffin! Press the base mixture into a lined baking tin photo © Copyright Magnus Dixon 5. Top with 150g of melted chocolate. We used 100g of milk, and 50g of white chocolate, and dropped dollops onto the mixture. We then created the swirling pattern with a knife. 6. Leave it to set for around 30 minutes in the fridge. Pour melted chocolate over the top and swirl to create a pattern photo © Copyright Magnus Dixon 7. Cut into squares (we made 16!) and serve to friends and family with a warm cup of tea or coffee! The Hoswick Visitor Centre in Shetland is open throughout the year. Find out more about Hoswick Visitor Centre and the surrounding area here! By Laurie Goodlad Born and raised in Shetland, Laurie loves the unique history and culture there so much that she started her own tour company offering visitors the chance to see the isles through the eyes of an islander. Find out more at www.shetlandwithlaurie.com Pin it! Header image: Tiffin from Hoswick Visitor Centre in Shetland photo © Copyright Ross Stopper
