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http://goodfoodgoodbeer.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/007-2-copy.jpg?w=225&h=300 (http://goodfoodgoodbeer.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/007-2-copy.jpg)These biscuits are commonly known around Linley Towers as ‘School Biscuits‘ – because I learned to make them at school and must be, quite possibly, the easiest biscuits in the world to make. They keep for about 4-5 days in a Tupperware after you’ve made them, and if you make them with a beer in mind, you can come up with any flavour you want.
Given that I was planning on enjoying a Stringer’s Dry Stout that afternoon, I decided that I wanted Chocolate Orange and Chilli. I had a leftover Red chilli, so that was a given, and I figured it would go well with the stout and the orange chips.
All you need to do for the cookies is preheat your oven to 180c. In a bowl, mix 175g of soft margarine, 225g of caster sugar, 2 eggs, 350g of Plain Flour and one whole dark Chocolate Orange – *chopped up, of course. Mix together until it forms a dough, add your chopped chillies, and then dollop onto a greased baking tray, leaving plenty of room; they will spread out.
Cook for about 15-20 minutes, then leave to cool slightly before eating a couple with your beer.
http://goodfoodgoodbeer.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/030-3-copy.jpg?w=139&h=187 (http://goodfoodgoodbeer.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/030-3-copy.jpg)Stringer’s Dry Stout (4.5%) is a great example of the style; there’s a lot going on, flavour-wise. Plenty of sweet, Digestive Biscuit and liquorice in the nose, and there’s a satisfyingly tan head to push through before tasting the beer. There’s more liquorice on the body, balanced with a little mocha – a mild, sweet, roastiness – which fades into a dry, greenly hoppy finish. It’s been a champion beer of Cumbria, is vegan friendly, and (along with all of Stringer’s Beers) are well worth seeking out.
The orange, sweetness, tingle of heat and crunch of the biscuits just compliment the beer so well; although I’d have probably used two chillies if I had them – a little more heat would have been good. I find that one of the main beer-food pairings that gets people really hooked is chocolate, sweets and darker beers in general. There’s just so much common ground in baked sweet treats and lush dark milds, stouts and porters. Give it a try.

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