Toasting giant marshmallows
Like new potatoes and asparagus, giant American marshmallows are clearly in season at the moment – they’re appearing in all the shops. We spotted them in our local garden centre (!) and, fresh from the success of our inaugural marshmallow toasting, we thought we’d set ourselves a challenge and see whether we could repeat it with something considerably larger.
What we found was that, although the process is largely the same as it is for smaller marshmallows, mega marshmallows cook in layers. You toast the outside nicely, and then sort of suck the crispy layer and the molten one below it off to reveal a slightly smaller marshmallow ready for toasting…. It takes three or four toastings to polish off one giant marshmallow. And it’s messy! So much fun
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