chocolate

I've adapted my recipe to get the sugar from dates rather than Truvia. Please can I have your thoughts? Am I adding ingredients at the right time? I was adding the cinnamon at the end, but read in The Science of Spice that it's better to add it early on. If adding early, should I add more? Any...

If I add dark chocolate to my quinoa it gives a different taste to adding cacao even though the chocolate is 85% cocoa. What causes the difference? Is it the cocoa butter or something else?

Hazelnut Cocoa Smoothie

I've come across this recipe and would like to make it healthier without adversely affecting the flavour or texture. Am I OK using dairy milk and butter? Can I replace the coconut oil with rapeseed or Sunflower oil? If so, would it be a 1:1 replacement? If I replace the cup (200g) coconut...

Around the time I first joined, I was asking questions about cookies using only egg yolks. As far as I can tell, there are no other cookies like this one. These cookies use only egg yolks, no butter or other fat, yet they are very moist and chewy. I've created a whole bunch of variations but...

What's your poison my friends? I'm currently sipping a mix of 6oz hot chocolate (nothing fancy, just the Swiss Miss powdered stuff) plus 2oz of bourbon. Not bad! What is your favorite way to incorporate booze into Hot Chocolate?

About 8 -9 years ago, my wife was travelling and it was my son´s birthday. He wanted a chocolate cake, but I´d never made a cake in my life, so I called my bro (formerly executive chef at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent). " Look up Nigella Lawson´s Chocolate Beetroot cake. Even my hairdresser could...

White Chocolate Party Mix Makes 5 quarts Ingredients 5 cups Cheerios cereal 5 cups Corn Chex cereal* 2 cups salted peanuts 1 lb M&M candies (Smarties in UK/Europe) 1 10oz package miniature pretzels 1 12oz package white chocolate/vanilla baking chips 3 TB vegetable oil Directions In a large...

I would like to add some chocolate into the Quinoa whilst its cooking. Should I add it at the beginning, in the middle or at the end? I'm hoping to have some delicious melted chocolate to augment the flavour. Ingredients ▢80 g quinoa raw, rinsed, approx. ½ cup ▢240 ml milk, any adjust the...

I was utterly convinced I had written this up at least 7 years ago, so before I moved out to Australia and before my back gave up, but I can't for the life of me locate the recipe. The crust can really be made up of any mixed nuts. So... You'll need a 9" Spring form tin. It's entirely up to you...

This pie is utterly decadent and extremely rich, so a little goes a long way. Ingredients: 16 Marie biscuits, Rich Tea biscuits or Digestive biscuits 60 gms grated coconut 75 gms unsalted butter, melted 185 gms chocolate chips 450 gms pecans, lightly toasted 200 gms sugar 2 tbsps golden syrup...

Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti Makes about 10 biscotti Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/3 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder Pinch of salt (1/16 teaspoon) 1 large egg 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 1/3 cup shelled pistachio nuts 2 tablespoons milk...

Gluten-Free Chocolate, Peanut and Coffee Ground Cake from Emilia Romagna.

Italian cooking Serves 4, Preparation 25 mins, Cooking 30 mins 250 g of dark chocolate 70% 150 g of sugar 4 eggs 50 g peeled almonds to be ground or almond flour 50 g unsalted peanuts to be ground 120 g softened unsalted butter 30 g Coffee grounds or 1 small cup of ristretto coffee A small...

Quick & easy chocolate ice cream Serves 6-8 | Preparation 20-25 min, freezing time 4+ hours This no churn ice cream is rich and velvety and needs just a blender or mixer and a few hours in the freezer to be completed. I don’t like the extra sweet and heavy composition of condensed milk which...

Chocolate-courgette cake Serves 10-12 | Preparation & baking time 1,5 hours Ingredients ✧ 1-2 tablespoons softened butter and a handful of breadcrumbs (to line the cake tin) ✧ 4 eggs ✧ 250 ml/1.06 cups (211 g/7.4 oz) sugar ✧ 200 ml/0.85 cups (100 g/3.5 oz) plain flour/apf ✧ 60 ml/0.25 cups...

Toblerone Swiss Chocolate Honey Almond Bars

I saw this recipe and was thinking of incorporating it into some lentil soup. I have red split lentils Recipe location: A Raw and Healthy Chocolate Fudge Sauce Recipe Are there any obvious pitfalls I should avoid? Should I add the chocolate sauce ingredients whilst preparing the lentil soup...

DeMetz Caramel Turtles