Tag: CHOCOLATE

Sicilian chocolate granita Quick and easy recipe – Gordon Ramsay’s version

Sicilian chocolate granita: preparation without ice cream maker. The tradition of Sicilian granita has its roots in Arab domination, over time the preparation and the taste has been refined especially on the eastern side of the island, in a refined product that truly conquers everyone. Sicilians enjoy it for breakfast with the famous brioche with tuppo, or as a snack, but never after a meal. the tastes are different, lemon, mulberry, coffee, almond and pistachio. Today I propose the chocolate one, delicious with the addition of whipped cream as it is served in Messina and Catania.

Ingredients for 6 people

110 gr of good quality bitter cocoa
90 gr of granulated sugar
1 liter of cold water
1 tablespoon of corn starch
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (or vanilla seeds)
Whipped cream (or whipping) for desserts (optional *)
dark chocolate chips to decorate (optional *)

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In a saucepan we sift together bitter cocoa is cornstarch
let's add it caster sugar With the'vanilla extract
While mixing everything, add a little at a time 750 ml of cold water
We put the pot on the fire and, stirring, bring to a boil, after boiling let it thicken (always on the fire) for about 3 minutes, the consistency must still be quite liquid.
We remove the pot from the heat and add more 250 ml of cold water, mix and pour the mixture into a cold steel pot (kept in the freezer for half an hour). We cover with film and put in the freezer for 5-6 hours.
From time to time we mix the mixture (We “scratch” with a fork to chop the ice crystals). The consistency will be like the slushes of the bar, quite liquid
Put a little whipped cream on the bottom of the glass, add the granita and decorate the surface with more whipped cream and a few drops of dark chocolate.

Enjoy your meal!

N.B. If the granita is to be consumed the same day about 6 hours in the freezer, stirring the mixture every 2 hours.

If instead it should be consumed the next days then go removed from the freezer an hour earlier to serve it and passed in the blender or mixer to crush the ice crystals formed.

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Enjoy your meal!

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Chocolate liqueur without milk and cream. Quick and easy recipe – Gordon Ramsay’s version

Chocolate liqueur without milk and cream, here's how to make alcohol sweet and greedy! This homemade liqueur is particularly simple, it does not contain milk and cream. It can be a perfect gift for Christmas, for Father's Day, or simply to keep in the fridge and offer to guests, you will make a great impression! It can also be used pouring it over ice cream (only for adults !!), or with a sprig of cream.

Also try making creamy coffee liqueur

Ingredients for 1 bottle of 1 liter

129 grams of 70% dark chocolate
190 ml of food alcohol
400 grams of sugar
300 ml of water
1/2 vanilla pod
15 grams of unsweetened cocoa powder

Watch the video recipe of the Chocolate liquor

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We chop the dark chocolate with a knife (I recommend excellent quality and 70%).
Put the chocolate flakes in a saucepan with the water and let it melt over low heat for 4-5 minutes, add the sugar, the half vanilla pod engraved in the center along its entire length.
We mix and finally add the sifted bitter cocoa powder, continue to mix and bring to a boil. As soon as it boils, remove from the heat and let it cool.
Once everything has cooled down, after about half an hour, filter through a fine mesh strainer and pour into an airtight jar, add the alcohol and mix. We close the jar and let it rest for 24; from time to time we mix the liqueur.
After 24 hours we can bottle and keep in the fridge. It can be consumed immediately!

N.B. It can be kept in the fridge for 3 months; it can be used pouring it over ice cream (only for adults !!), alone at the end of a meal, or with a sprig of cream.

Have a good tasting! Perfect with Cantucci and Brutti ma Buoni biscuits

Heart cookies with chocolate chips – Gordon Ramsay’s version

THE heart cookies with chocolate chips they are delicious shortbread biscuits enriched with dark chocolate drops. Crumbly and buttery, these cookies are ideal treats to prepare for Valentine's Day.

Perfect to give to your loved one (or loved one) for the day of Valentine's day or for a romantic breakfast in bed!

Really simple to prepare, for these heart-shaped biscuits you will only need a good shortcrust pastry with butter (and you already need butter!) And heart-shaped molds.

Let's see the recipe immediately.

Heart cookies with chocolate chips

Ingredients

1 egg
125 g of sugar
125 g of butter
250 g of flour 00
a pinch of baking powder
a teaspoon of vanilla flavoring
50 g of chocolate chips (dark or milk)

Preparation

In a bowl, pour the whole egg with the sugar and mix it with a fork. Then add the softened butter and gradually the flour and other ingredients. Except the chocolate chips.

Work the pastry quickly and only at the end add the chocolate chips, kneading everything together.

Let it rest in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Then proceed to form the cookies.

On a wooden board sprinkled with flour, remove pieces of shortcrust pastry and roll them out with a rolling pin.

Obtain the biscuits with the heart molds and arrange them on a baking tray covered with parchment paper.

Bake the biscuits for about 15 minutes at 180 °. They must not darken.

Let them cool well and then sprinkle them with powdered sugar.

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