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  • February recipe – BBC GoodFood Calendar

    February recipe – BBC GoodFood Calendar

    Chocolate cakeThe February recipe in the BBC GoodFood calendar was the Squidgy chocolate & pomegranate torte. 

    My pomegranate wasn’t tasting as it should, so what ended up on the table was just the torte itself with the ganache.

    I also don’t have access to a food processor at the moment, so I used my blender to blitz the almonds. It may have resulted in slightly bigger pieces, but not by much.

    I brought the resulting cake with me to work, where it was promptly devoured. I even spotted some of my colleagues scraping the tin. The latter may be a sign that it should go on the list of cakes to make again.

  • Review: The Chocolate Kiss

    The Chocolate Kiss
    The Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand

    My rating: 4 of 5 stars

    I just reread this book, and completely had a chocolate craving. Especially since the hot chocolate played such an essential role in the book – almost like a character of its own.

    And then it snowed today. So I felt like I had the perfect excuse.

    I made the chocolate chaud recipe in the back of the book. It was a perfect cup on a cold day.

    hot chocolate

    The next time I make it, I might skip the cinnamon and nutmeg infusion though. I think the chocolate could stand on its own well enough.

  • Review: The Chocolate Heart

    The Chocolate Heart
    The Chocolate Heart by Laura Florand

    My rating: 4 of 5 stars

    Laura Florand is a recent discovery of mine. It’s only last month that I picked up the first book in this series, and then ended up devouring all her backlist like a madwoman. Paris, chocolate and cultural misunderstandings… – what’s not to love?

    The Chocolate Heart is one of those books that, if it was less well written, would be annoying as hell. It is about the heiress Summer Corey and the pastry chef Luc Leroi. Summer’s dad buys her the hotel where Luc works at the 3 star restaurant. From the minute they meet, there is misunderstandings.

    These go on for almost the whole book – and could maybe partly have been solved in half the time if the two of them were less neurotic, and less inclined to misunderstand everything the other one is saying.

    It is only Florand’s excellent writing which carries the story so well to the end. As it is, it is delicious and sweet and wistful…

    It’s actually a book that I am sad to see end. The first book in this series was good, but I feel like the stories and the writing is improving book by book, and it will be a pleasure to read the next one, and re-read them again and again.

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  • Chocolate-talking

    The problem with recommending the new chocolate sauce and mousse-filled dark chocolate bar to everyone… Is that I keep giving myself cravings.

    Help?

  • Cosmic brownies

    When I posted the name of this recipe on Facebook, one of my Dutch friends said: “We call this kind of thing something completely different in the Netherlands.”

    The recipe comes from Macaroni & Cheesecake, They’re perfectly fudgey and chocolatey. And just right for freezing for later as well.

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  • Incredibly tasty Chocolate Chip Cookies

    These Chocolate chip cookies come from Cook’s Illustrated, who call them perfect. I have to concur. These are delicious, slightly chewy, and flat-out yummy.

    I didn’t have chocolate chips on hand, so I went with M&Ms. The result was a bit multicolored but that only added to the fun.

    I had to take two aside for my parents; otherwise my sisters and I would have gobbled all of them down.

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  • Recommend recipe?

    When I was in London two weeks ago, I had a fantastic chocolate fondant at Côte Brasserie in Westbourne Grove. (Their steak & frites were also amazing, but I’m not quite ready to try my hand at frying things, yet.)

    I want to try my hands at making chocolate fondants. Can anyone recommend a recipe, or some helpful tips?

  • Milk chocolate sorbet

    It may not be warm enough here for ice cream or sorbets – but it is always time for chocolate.

    I first saw this on Good Eats ‘n Sweet Treats; it  is part of the Tuesdays with Dorie project.

    Intrigued by the concept, and having a love of chocolate, I rummaged through my cupboards and found the ingredients for this sorbet.

    Essentially, it is just five ingredients. I didn’t have all of the original, so I substituted the dark chocolate for Cadbury Dairy Milk and cut down on the added sugar to compensate.

    The recipe doesn’t make a lot of sorbet, but since it is so rich, it lasts for a very long time if you’re not having a party. (The post I got the recipe from says that it keeps in the fridge for 2 weeks, but mine was quite tasty even a month afterwards, though a bit harder than sorbet.)

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  • Chocolate and custard cupcakes

    These are my mother’s chocolate cupcakes. Yummy and chocolatey, and the custard filling makes for a nice surprise inside.

    In my opinion, they’re also exceptional when eaten slightly frozen – when the custard is ice-cold and the chocolate is deliciously chocolatey.  I’ve actually frozen almost all of the cupcakes from this batch – it stops me from eating all of them at once, and increases the odds that there will be something around if I get unannounced visitors.

    Thick vanilla custard cream is available in stores in Norway, so there is no recipe here. If you’re making that as well, the consistency should be somewhat similar in consistency to a Crème pâtissière filling.

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