Cooking
(or, The Trouble with Truffles)
SHF is one of my favorite events. While I may not always eat the sweets I make, I do love handing them off to others!
And when I saw that Johanna had chosen truffles for this round, well, it was serendipitous.
See, this was the year Matt and I were resurrecting the dormant Two-Days-After-Thanksgiving Dinner, the Anti-Turkey event.
Matt doesn't really care for turkey, and I haven't had it in over ten years. For us, the traditional Thanksgiving dinner just doesn't make sense.
But what we used to do, while still in California, was host a huge dinner for friends the Saturday after.
So, we were planning our menu when I saw the SHF announcement. Perfect.
I could do this, and save the 'results' for our guests!!
Of course, I do get a bit ambitious.
I couldn't just make truffles.
No, I had to make Truffles.
Eight of them...sigh
Starting at top left, and going clockwise, Sweet Smoked Paprika (spice added to cream), Cashew-Topped Vanilla (vanilla bean steeped in cream), Orange (orange zest steeped in cream, plus a bit of orange liqueur), Hazelnut (hazelnut oil added to ganache), Fleur de Sel-topped Tea (loose tea infused cream), Amaretto, Pecan-topped Plain, Mint (mint extract in ganache, then rolled in crushed peppermint candy).
Manual labor!
Tagged with: Food & Drink + SHF#25 + Truffles + Chocolate + Cream + Ganache + Events
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Cooking
Sugar High Friday#25: Eight is Enough!!
(or, The Trouble with Truffles)
SHF is one of my favorite events. While I may not always eat the sweets I make, I do love handing them off to others!
And when I saw that Johanna had chosen truffles for this round, well, it was serendipitous.
See, this was the year Matt and I were resurrecting the dormant Two-Days-After-Thanksgiving Dinner, the Anti-Turkey event.
Matt doesn't really care for turkey, and I haven't had it in over ten years. For us, the traditional Thanksgiving dinner just doesn't make sense.
But what we used to do, while still in California, was host a huge dinner for friends the Saturday after.
So, we were planning our menu when I saw the SHF announcement. Perfect.
I could do this, and save the 'results' for our guests!!
Of course, I do get a bit ambitious.
I couldn't just make truffles.
No, I had to make Truffles.
Eight of them...sigh
Starting at top left, and going clockwise, Sweet Smoked Paprika (spice added to cream), Cashew-Topped Vanilla (vanilla bean steeped in cream), Orange (orange zest steeped in cream, plus a bit of orange liqueur), Hazelnut (hazelnut oil added to ganache), Fleur de Sel-topped Tea (loose tea infused cream), Amaretto, Pecan-topped Plain, Mint (mint extract in ganache, then rolled in crushed peppermint candy).
Manual labor!
Tagged with: Food & Drink + SHF#25 + Truffles + Chocolate + Cream + Ganache + Events
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If you ask me, the second best thing about Thanksgiving is not the dinner itself, but the leftovers. I like turkey a lot, especially its amazing versatility. Leftover turkey, even dry, overcooked turkey, is good in soups, salads, sandwiches, stews, smothered...
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It's like this. I love hazelnuts. I think chocolate is pretty nice, too. If you mix them together, I'm yours. That simple. But, as a married woman, I can not allow myself to be put in that position (I have a feeling Matt might object), so any...
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A few months ago, my mother-in-law gifted me with a pretty neat cake pan, called a Mary Ann Cake Pan. I kept thinking of ways to use it, but never got 'round to it. Finally, I decided I just had to come up with something...and since I was giving...
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