Archive for Dessert Recipes
Savory Chocolate Bruschetta
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Savory sweets, we are seeing them everywhere lately. From chipotle chocolate chili, to salted caramel candies, to bacon and egg ice cream. Is this a fickle culinary hipster trend or is it here to stay? While that remains to be seen, we guarantee that this recipe will stay permanently in your repertoire!
It’s another delicious video recipe from Chef John of Food Wishes, it literally only takes 5 minutes, and the combination of crispy bread, dark chocolate, and sea salt will transport you into chocolate lovers heaven. The first time we made this, despite having camera batteries charged, it disappeared before we could photograph it! So…we had to make it again, and quickly snap a photo, for the readers of course! The second time it was taken to a holiday party in Aspen, and the crowd loved it. It’s flavor is salty sweet, with both crunchy and soft textures, and the combination’s are magical chocolatey goodness. People were seriously pulling and tugging at a red wool peacoat asking for the recipe.
One question you may have as the party goers did: Is dark chocolate crustini bruschetta a dessert or an appetizer? The answer: it is whatever you want it to be. In fact, it may just be breakfast for us one day, paired with a piping hot Sumatra coffee. Read Chef Johns post, wine pairing recommendation, and full ingredient list here. (Note: For the dark chocolate, we used a Lindt brand bar with 70% cocoa, found in the baking section of our regular grocery store. And, as you may notice in the photo, we were lacking the Maldon sea salt with the nice thick crystals, so we used what we had, but it was still chock full of deliciousness. Is deliciousness a word? )
Grilled Plums With Honey Walnut Yogurt
Posted by: | CommentsGrilling gives us such wonderful chance to be creative because there is literally no limit to what foods one can grill! Our video today features chef Bobby Flay, cooking up a very healthy dessert or brunch dish: Grilled plums with a honey walnut yogurt sauce spiced with cinnamon and orange zest. Feel free to get creative with this one. The yogurt sauce is delicious on grilled peaches, grilled pears, grilled apples, melon and even bananas. We made this while camping recently using plums and bananas and it was a hit! Be sure to clean your grill to eliminate any past cooked grill flavors, and choose a subtle, mild flavored oil so as not to overpower the fruit. We like sunflower and canola for their fairly high smoking points for use with grilling fruits.
Be sure to visit the Food Network site for more delicious celebrity chef recipes.
Ingredients
* 6 plums, halved and pitted
* 2 teaspoons canola oil
* 1 tablespoon honey
* Pinch ground cinnamon
* Pinch finely grated orange zest
* Spiced Walnut Yogurt Sauce, recipe follows
Directions
Heat grill to high. Brush cut side of plums with oil, drizzle with 1 tablespoon honey, and sprinkle with a pinch each of cinnamon and orange zest. Place plums on the grill, cut side down, and grill for 2 minutes or until golden brown and slightly caramelized. Turn over and grill until just heated through, approximately 1 minute longer. Place 3 plum halves in each of 4 bowls and top with a few tablespoons of the Spiced Walnut Yogurt Sauce.
Spiced Walnut Yogurt Sauce:
1 cup Greek yogurt
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts, toasted
Whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate if not using right away.
Bacon and Egg Ice Cream!
Posted by: | Comments“A gastronomic double take!” So proclaims the triple Michelin starred Chef Heston Blumenthal from The Fat Duck restaurant in the UK, sharing his secret for a bacon and egg ice cream. Watch the video for his technique!
The recipes for the ice cream, the caramelised brioche, and the tomato and red pepper jam can be found here, and the salted butter caramel recipe can be found here.
We were a bit skeptical that the entire technique could actually be achievable, so we wandered onto a food blogger quest and found confirmation. Clement from A la Cuisine shares her experience with Heston’s recipe here, and Six Course Dinner has their version posted here. David Lebovitz has a delicious looking bacon ice cream as well, with an inspiration from Michael Ruhlman, using candied brown sugar bacon.
If you attempt it please do let us know how it worked out for you! Meanwhile we are browsing estate sales desperately looking for one of these!
