new year 2011 is not a time for diets. with all the austerity, belt tightening and uncertain economic times ahead, small indulgences are a necessity! keep smiling and make these. aidan likes them hot. i like them cold. the basic recipe is from this wonderful book by paul simon. after some experimenting, i found that you could flavour them with all the cocoa bean truffle favourites. i flavour with zests and spices before pouring it into tiny metal moulds .
basic recipe
2 eggs
50g brown sugar
1 dessertspoon plain flour
1 dessertspoon cornflour
140g dark chocolate
110g btter
3 dessertspoons whipping cream
preheat the oven to 180 C
grease and dust the moulds with flour
beat the eggs and sugar. seive in the flour and cornflour and continue to beat.
melt the chocolate, butter and cream in a bowl over simmering water.
pour the chocolate cream into the sponge mixture and mix well together.
fill the moulds two thirds full and then add a pinch of orange zest, nutmeg, cinnamon or lemon zest. add another spoon of mixture to seal in the flavour and then pop into the oven for a few minutes! If you are making four big ones they will need abot 7 minutes.
turn them out straight away and eat or wait until the morning and eat with coffee for breakfast nigella style before anyone else is up!
4 comments:
Yummy, I would think better hot too though.
I am still dreaming about the nutmeg ones. em x
Passed the site of the old 'factory' yesterday and notices a significant construction underway - is that the new facility ?
It is! Good to hear from you - and watch that space!
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