How a decades-old family recipe discovery has kept a chocolate-making tradition alive

Baba Lila handmade chocolates made in the Port Macquarie hinterland. (SBS).jpg

Baba Lila handmade chocolates made in the Port Macquarie hinterland Source: SBS News

About 16 years ago, Tash Topschij was sorting through some old boxes when she stumbled across a handwritten chocolate recipe. It was her mother's - who'd travelled from Russia, to China and Israel, before arriving in Australia. Today, the recipe has found a home on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, where Tash has revived the traditional Russian recipe, using a blend of native Australian ingredients with the traditional Russian recipes to create a sweet sensation in her Port Macquarie community.


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