I’m a huge fan of Masterchef Australia, so as you can imagine I’m really sad that it’s over. For the past month I would rush home after work to make the 7pm start, I neglected my gym routine and at times had refused to go out for dinner because I wanted to watch my beloved Masterchef. And yes I did cry when Justine left and again when Julie won.

As a tribute to Masterchef, g and I decided to make Lucus’ Chocolate Cigars as a way to finish the series, similar to what they do in Boston Legal at the end of every episode except they actually smoke their cigars and theirs are real cigars. Anyway…

I’d never worked with filo pastry before and after last night, don’t think I will ever again. It’s so thin and fragile and you have to butter it, layer it, then butter it again. What looked like a quick and easy dessert to make turned out taking us about 2 hours to make.

The result, 15 very sweet chocolate cigars that ate well after the show had finished.