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Cook's Corner
Your monthly recipe to
tantalise your taste buds
CHOCOLATE FLAPJACK SQUAIRES
215g (7 1/2 oz) plain flour, sifted
150g (5oz) rolled oats
225g (8oz) light muscovado sugar
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Pinch of salt
150g (5oz) butter
2 tbsp golden syrup
TOPPING
250g (9oz) plain chocolate, broken into chunks
5 tbsp double cream
Preheat oven to180c/350f/gas4 Grease a (13x9in) swiss roll tin. Line the tin with
greaseproof paper and grease the paper.
Put the flour, oats, muscovado sugar, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a mixing bowl and
stir to combine.
Put the butter and golden syrup into a saucepan and heat gently until melted. Pour over
the oat mixture and stir until evenly coated and the dry ingredients begin to stick
together.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and press down firmly. Level the surface and bake
for 15-20 minutes, or until golden. Leave the cooked flapjack to cool in the tin.
For the topping, put the chocolate into a heat-proof bowl and melt over a saucepan of
barely simmering water. Stir regularly. Remove the chocolate from the heat and quickly
beat in the cream. Pour the chocolate mixture over the cooled flapjack, and make swirly
patterns on the surface with a fork.
Chill for at least 30 minutes, or until the chocolate sets. Cut into portions and ease the
flapjacks out of the tin.
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£100 MILLION HOUSING SCHEME
More than £100 million is to be invested by two Norfolk housing
associations over the next six years as part of a major refurbishment programme designed
to bring thousands of local houses up to Government 'Decent Homes Standard'.
It is the result of a 'unique' scheme, a joint procurement agreement organised by the two
associations under European Community rules. It allowed them to negotiate huge cost
savings and efficiencies with local contractors and material suppliers to improve homes
even before they had been officially transferred from local authority ownership.
The programme affects the entire north of the county from Kings Lynn in the west to the
eastern coast, following the success of the joint procurement agreement between Freebridge
Community Housing and North Norfolk Housing Trust (NNHT).
Some 11,500 houses, which have now been transferred to the housing associations by the
Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk and North Norfolk District Council respectively,
will be affected. Work will officially begin at the end of June with priority given
to the installation of new doors and windows by Freebridge Community Housing, following
the results of tenant consultation, and the installation of new kitchens, bathrooms and
central heating by North Norfolk Housing Trust.
The work of all contractors, whose selection involved tenant representatives, will be
continually monitored to ensure that targets are met within budget and that tenants are
happy with the work carried out. "This is the first time that two housing
associations have joined together before they were officially launched to organise a
programme of this kind and magnitude," said John Archibald, chief executive of NNHT.
"It will mean enormous cost savings over the life of the programme but equally
as important - no delays.
Tony Hall, chief executive of Freebridge said "Both Freebridge and NNHT only came
into being a few weeks ago but our forward planning has meant that from Day One we were
ready to honour the promises that we made to our tenants prior to stock transfer."
As an added bonus the refurbishment programme will also create and sustain local jobs
because, wherever possible, contractors working in the region have been chosen to complete
the projects.
HATS OFF TO ALYSHAM ROTARY
Fashion, fizz and fun was had by all at Sloley Hall over the bank holiday
weekend, when the Rotary Club of Aylsham hosted a fashion event in aid of Quidenham
Children's Hospice and Breast Cancer charities. A staggering amount of £2,000 was
raised.
Six fashion houses displayed their wares on the catwalk
including, Riva of Coltishall, The Little Clothes Shop of Aylsham, Seasons and the Stables
at Roughton and Holt, Sienna of Reepham, Kandili of Norwich and Camilla Brides of
Sprowston. Other exhibitors included The Shoe Studio and Lavenders Blue
florists of Aylsham, Julia Westmacott Jewellery and John Field Formal Hire of Norwich.
Several of the fashion houses said they had already noticed increased sales as a direct
result of the show. Game Rotarians stripped off hats (and nothing else) whilst
parading trendy clothes from the Black Sheep Shop of Aylsham.
Richard Powell, specialist wedding photographer, took some stunning pictures of the day
and the MC, Richard Butler, discharged his duties admirably. Peter Dunham,
President of Aylsham Rotary Club said, "The effort is all worth while when you
see such positive results".
Aylsham Rotary members would like to thank all those who supported the event.
For more details of forthcoming events and past fun go to www.aylshamrotary.com
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SHERINGHAM SHOAL OFFSHORE WIND FARM
Scira Offshore Energy Limited is pleased to announce that it has now
submitted the Environmental Statement (ES) for the proposed Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind
Farm. The ES reports on the findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA),
which Scira recently finalised.
Scira has also produced a Non-Technical Summary of the findings from the EIA and this has
been sent to all community stakeholders, including the district and parish councils in the
North Norfolk coastal strip. Interested parties can now view both the ES and the
Non-Technical Summary at the following locations:
Sheringham Library, New Road
Cromer Library, Prince of Wales Road
Holt Library; Wells-next-the Sea Library
Norwich Millennium Library; Mundesley Library
North Walsham Library
North Norfolk District Council Offices
Sheringham Town Council and Weybourne Town Council.
Alternatively it is also possible to view and download the Non-Technical Summary on
Scira's website: www.scira.co.uk
 
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