Peppermint Slice

Ingredients
250g digestive biscuits
50g butter
3 Tsp golden syrup

500g icing sugar
5Tsp water
peppermint essence
green food colour

100g chocolate

Method

Crush the biscuits. Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the syrup. Boil for 2 minutes. Add the crushed biscuits. Flatten into a buttered swiss roll tin. Do not remove from the tin until the peppermint slice has been fully assembled.

Mix the icing sugar with the water to make a stiff paste. Add a few drops of peppermint, and as much or as little green colouring as you want. Spread over the base and leave to set for 1-2 hours.

Melt the chocolate and gently pour over the peppermint layer. When the chocolate is cool, but not completely hard, cut into squares or slices. Alternatively, add a little cream or butter to the melted chocolate to prevent it hardening completely. This gives a softer topping and allows for easier cutting.

Notes

This can be made gluten-free by using gluten-free digestive biscuits. Other biscuits of a similar texture can be used, eg shortbread.