Ingredients
- 3.5 cups grams chocolate
- 4 1/3 grams butter
- 1 2/3 grams flour
- 3 tbsp grams cocoa
- 2 1/4 grams sugar
- 30 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tsp cointreau (or whiskey, brandy)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix eggs and sugar till smooth then mix again with vanilla and cointreau. then add flour and mix with hand (not processor).
- In another bowl, bain-marie chocolate and butter. when the mixture is homogeneous, add them to the other bowl and them mix with hands.
- Put them in a mold and put in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
- For serving, remove the fondant molds from the fridge and let them sit for 2hours.
- Pre-heat oven on 200 degree C, put the fondant for 7 to 9 minutes.
- Serve with vanilla ice cream on side.
Quick Notes
Dont over cook, you wont have the fondant effect, on the positive side, they will still taste as good.
Variations
Try with white chocolate. Add almonds on top of it.
Cooking time (duration): 100
Number of servings (yield): 30
Meal type: dessert
My rating:5 stars: ?????
Ingredients
- 500 grams strawberries
- 1/4 chocolate bites
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp butter
- pinch salt
Instructions
- Over high heat, melt the sugar for about 2 minutes until transformed into a deep golden caramel.
- Add the caramel mixture and pour into the cream then return it to heat and cook until caramel and cream are smoothly dissolved.
- Remove from heat, add chocolate and salt and stir until chocolate melts.
- Finally, add butter to the mixture.
- When cooled drizzle the caramel chocolate sauce over your strawberry dish.
Variations
replace strawberries with any other fruits.
Cooking time (duration): 30
Number of servings (yield): 4
Meal type: dessert
Culinary tradition: Middle Eastern
My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★
Summary: elevate your senses into a whole new space
Ingredients
- 2 cup milk
- 2 cup cream
- 30 grams of gelatin
- 4 tbsp cold water
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 tsp dried lavender
Instructions
- In a small bowl sprinkle the gelatin over water until softened.
- In saucepan, heat the cream, honey, and lavender until simmer. Turn the heat.
- Whisk in the gelatin and make sure that no lumps remain the add the milk to the ingredients.
- Pour into any preferred serving shape you like (i.e ramekins, shots, etc…) and put in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
- Serve with lemon zest on top and crushed dark chocolate.
Quick Notes
If you chose to serve your panna cotta in ramekins so to unmold them later on. Set the panna cotta in the fridge to more than 5 hours and then run a small knife to the edge when you un-mold them.
Variations
serve with any kinds of fruits, marmalade, or chocolate instead of lemon zest.
Cooking time (duration): 12
Number of servings (yield): 6
Meal type: dessert
Culinary tradition: Italian
My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★
Summary: when salty and sweety isn’t enough
Ingredients
- 100 grams Pretzel Rings
- 100 grams Chocolate’s Kisses (e.g. Hershey’s)
- 100 grams Hazelnut and Pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 100 C.
- In a waxed sheet, spread pretzel rings out in a single layer on the baking sheet.
- Place one Kiss inside each pretzel ring.
- Bake for 5 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and immediately press one nut on top of each kiss.
- Allow to cool completely so that the kisses can harden back up.
Variations
Replace nuts with M&m’s
Cooking time (duration): 10
Number of servings (yield): 6
Meal type: dessert
My rating:4 stars: ★★★★☆
Ingredients
- 1 jar peanut butter
- 1 small pack butter (melted)
- 6 cups icing sugar
- 4 cups dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Mix together peanut butter, melted butter and sugar.
- Roll the dough into munch like balls.
- Stick each ball in a toothpick and align on a cookie sheet.
- Froze for 40 minutes.
- Bain-marie chocolate until smooth.
- Dip rolled balls in chocolate.
- Leave a small portion of balls without chocolate thus the look of a Buckeye.
- Refrigerate until served.
Cooking time (duration): 50
Number of servings (yield): 6
Meal type: dessert
Culinary tradition: USA (Southern)
My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★
Summary: for lovers, craving mothers, and dopamine-deprived persons
Ingredients
- 1 banana
- 1 tbsp peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons Nutella
- 2 tbsp Halva (Haleweh)
- 1 tbsp Honey
- pinch of crushed nuts
Instructions
- Slice banana into little disks, about 1-1.5 cm thick.
- Mix the remaining ingredients, and add mixture onto a sandwish.
- Drizzle honey on top of them.
- Add the nuts.
- Wrap the sandwich.
Cooking time (duration): 5
Number of servings (yield): 1
Meal type: snack
My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★
Ingredients
- 1 cup hot coffee
- 2 tbsp chocolate syrup
- 1 tbsp cherry juice
- Whipped cream
- Chocolate shavings (White or Black)
- cherries compot (if available)
Instructions
- In your BEST mug, mix coffee, syrup and cherry juice.
- Stir well then top with whipped cream, chocolate shavings and cherries.
Cooking time (duration): 5
Number of servings (yield): 1
Meal type: breakfast
My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★
Summary: creamy and comforting
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup and 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 5-1/4 cups milk
- 3/4 cup half-and-half cream
Instructions
- Combine the cocoa, sugar and pinch of salt in a saucepan.
- Blend in the boiling water.
- Bring this mixture to an easy boil while you stir.
- Simmer and stir for about 2 minutes. Watch that it doesn’t scorch.
- Stir in 3 1/2 cups of milk and heat until very hot, but do not boil!
- Remove from heat.
- Serve with some cream on top and Hershey’s kisses.
Variations
you can add some ginger or peppermint flakes on top.
Cooking time (duration): 7
Number of servings (yield): 6
Meal type: breakfast
My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★
Ingredients
Shells:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 30 grams Crisco
- 50 grams sugar
- 1 egg
- 10 tbsp. of water (or white wine preferred)
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Filling:
- 2.5 cups of milk
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 cups of sugar
- 0.5 cup of cornstarch
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
Shell making:
- Mix all the ingredients together except the egg till they form a small ball.
- Add the egg to the mix and slowly add the water/wine till you get the dough.
- Refrigerate the dough for about ~3 hours.
- Roll it thin.
- Use a cup or a glass to cut the rolled dough.
- Wrap the cut circles around the tube and seal the edge with some water.
- Fry the cannoli shells in the tubes in oiluntil deep golden brown.
- Pull the tubes from oil and slide the shell off the tube.
- Place the shells on paper towel to soak up extra oil and cool down.
Filling:
- Heat sugar, milk, and cinnamon, leaving a little milk out to mix with the cornstarch.
- Add cornstarch/milk mixture when milk comes to a boil.
- Mix until thick while stirring continuously.
- Refrigerate for about 20 minutes.
- Add the vanilla and stir it with the mixture.
Finishing:
- Use a cake decorator’s bag to fill the shells, and dip the ends of the filled cannoli shells into the nuts or chocolate mixture.
Enjoy!
Variations
You can use ricotta cheese instead of cream to fill the cannolis.
Cooking time (duration): 240
Number of servings (yield): 12
Meal type: dessert
Culinary tradition: Italian
My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★