More Chocolateering - digg this
So last night I got a wild hair (hare?) and decided to whip up some more recipes. I fixed up a batch of Truffle Brownies, Meringues and Chocolat au chocolat ice cream. I love to cook, it's good for my soul. Not so much my wasitline, but I brought several samples to work today and got quite a bit of positive feedback. The ice cream is all ours though. It's kind of hard to transport.
The truffle brownies turned out great. I used bittersweet and unsweetened chocolate, so the flavor was intense. They were somehow dense and light at the same time. The meringues were MESSY, especially since I didn't have a tip big enough, or didn't chop up the chocolate finely enough, or both. They were interesting to make because once piped out onto the baking sheet (via a ziploc baggie with the corner snipped off) I baked them in a 200 degree oven for an hour, turned the oven off, and left them in overnight. They were crisp and incredibly light. They also weren't overly sweet. I'm really looking forward to the ice cream though. The base is pretty much a hot cocoa flavored custard with semisweet chocolate and Kahlua mixed in.
Next up, truffles!
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