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Recipe For Chocolate Dessert

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Who doesn't like a rich, delicious chocolate dessert to end a great meal? In fact, a great chocolate dessert recipe can make an otherwise bland meal seem great. They say people remember the end of the meal more than the beginning. So, it's no surprise that most chefs recommend you put a little thought into choosing a great finishing recipe and luckily, a chocolate dessert will more often than not, fill the bill superbly and easily!

How to Find a Great Chocolate Dessert Recipe

I know I am a chocolate freak and I think there is truly nothing better than enjoying a home-made dessert. But the best part is there are so many recipes to choose from that it's just so easy to be a chocolate dessert freak! So, I'm going to share one of my real favorite recipes. It is called the double chocolate chunk cookie recipe, and for this you will need: 2 cups all-purpose flour; ? cup Nestle Toll House baking cocoa; 1 tsp baking soda; ? tsp salt; 1 cup butter or margarine, softened; 2/3 cup granulated sugar; 2/3 cup packed brown sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 large eggs; and 1 ? cups Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate chunks.

First you need to preheat the oven to 350'F, it is important that the oven has reached baking temperature, and then combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl, and beat the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in a large mixer bowl until it is perfectly creamy. Then add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; gradually beat in the flour mixture, stir in chunks, then drop by rounded teaspoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

Now let them bake away for about 9-11 minutes. You will see the cookies puffing up and the centers will still be soft. Check by inserting a skewer or strand of raw spaghetti. Then allow them to cool on baking sheets for a couple of minutes after you take them out of the oven, and remove to wire racks so that they can cool completely.

I know you will just love this simple recipe. It is so easy but really satisfying even as a dessert. To dress the cookies up a bit and to make them more of a formal chocolate dessert, you may like to try the following finishing touches.

Option One

Arrange two cookies in a small desert bowl. Pile whipped cream between the cookies then crumble two small meringues over the top. Dress up with fresh raspberries and top with a small amount of extra whipped cream.

Option Two

Place a layer of fresh strawberries on bottom of serving bowl. Carefully slice one cookie lengthways and place one half on top of strawberries. Add layer of whipped or thickened cream that has been flavored with orange liqueur. Place other half of cookie on top. Add more fresh cream and garnish with a few strawberries.

Bon appetit!

Recipe For Chocolate Dessert

Because my busy little mind is always working on new dessert recipes, I wrote this one and dedicated it to her; so Sarah, this one's for you!

It's an easy recipe, shouldn't take you more than 30 minutes to make, and will dirty about 2 pans, 1 bowl, 1 cake tin and 3 spoons (the amount of washing up a recipe calls for is important to me because I'm lazy and don't have a dishwasher!) The total cost of the ingredients was about ?3.77, and it makes 8 smallish servings, so 47p each.

If you are making this dessert for a special occasion, you might like to garnish the top with some extra chopped roasted nuts, or chocolate curls to pretty it up. (I haven't included amounts for these in my ingredients though, as I think it looks very attractive as it is).

Some people refuse to acknowledge white chocolate as chocolate, and it's certainly true that some forms of white chocolate on the market these days are very poor quality - aimed towards children, over-sweet, and with cheap vegetable fats substituted for some of the cocoa butter. Check the quality of the product you're buying by reading the label ? check the list of ingredients, and the total cocoa solids and this will help to give you a guide to the best product.

Ingredients

400g (14oz) jar of chocolate spread
100g (3.5oz) white chocolate
120 ml (4 fl oz) double cream
100g (3.5oz) roasted chopped hazelnuts
70g (2.5 oz) icing sugar
1? tbsp water

Makes 8 Servings

Lightly grease an 8-inch round loose-bottomed cake tin, and line the base with baking paper. Grease the top of the baking paper as well to allow the completed dessert to slip off easily when completed.

Mix the icing sugar, water and chopped nuts together in a pan, and place over a moderate heat. Stir constantly, allowing the mix to caramelise and making sure all the nuts are well coated. This should only take 5 minutes at most. Pour the mixture into the cake tin, and spread it around evenly. Allow to cool for 10 minutes.

Now empty the contents of the chocolate spread on top of it, and spread it around evenly over the nuts. Lightly whip the double cream gently until it just shows the trail of the whisk - it should still be slightly runny.

Melt the white chocolate gently in a double boiler (or a pyrex bowl over a saucepan with a bit of water in the base). Note that white chocolate has a particular tendency to "seize", so if it seems to stay lumpy and horrible, don't panic, just turn the heat down a little, as these lumps are usually caused by overheating. As long as it's good and warm all the way through, once it's added to the cream and folded together, I find these lumps seem to disappear.

Once the chocolate has melted, set it aside to cool a little for about 5 minutes, then add it to the whipped cream and fold together gently. Pour it over the layer of chocolate spread, and allow to set in the fridge. The dessert should be kept in the fridge, and eaten within 3 days. Then go for a long run to work off all the calories ? it contains about 517 kcal and 35g of fat per serving!

Recipe variations: This dessert is very sweet, and some people may find it "sickly". If you prefer a less sweet taste, you might like to substitute the white chocolate with dark chocolate. Watch out though, it will still taste very rich.

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