Saturday, February 13, 2010

The Basics...or as far as it is translated correctly

I had the hanker, the hanker for chocolate. I fed the hanker. I did not leave unsatisfied.

After doing some online reading I decided it's time to delve into the world of great hot chocolate within my own kitchen.

"What have you done!"
         
            I've made...Hot chocolate:
                 
                 Ingredients:
                                    heavy whipping cream
                                    a bar of amazing chocolate (I used 70% cocoa)
                                    milk
                                    vanilla
                                    sugar
                                    sea salt (the salt makes the sweetness come out)

1) Ganche is the bedrock of awesome
     Ganache is a rich chocolate mixture usually used to make decadent frosting, however, we'll use it the way nature intended.
     Fill a pot about 1/3 full of water and bring to a simmer
     Sit a metal bowl on top of the pot, it's important that the bowl does not touch the water
     Chop up your bar of chocolate and put it in the bowl, stir until liquidized
     Stir in a cup of heavy cream, continue to add cream until you have something that looks
        more like really really thick soup than frosting
     Put bowl aside and prepare yourself for chocolate
  
     You have created the bedrock of deliciousness!

2) ...I'll be back to finish
     
             
                         

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