It’s already February, and with February comes Valentine’s Day, and with Valentine’s day comes……chocolate! Almost all of my desserts have chocolate in them-who can resist it’s dark, flavorful, intense flavor? And what sweetheart wouldn’t be wooed with a piece of good chocolate?
I like chocolate so well I thought we should devote a carnival completely to chocolate- of course, nourishing chocolate recipes. To keep things nourishing consider making your dessert whole grain, and for sure use natural, whole sweeteners (read my Guide to Natural Sweeteners for a start). It will take place the week of Valentine’s, so that anyone in need of a fresh idea for chocolate for Valentine’s day will have plenty of time to plan.
(A big thanks to everyone who shared their nourishing soup and stew recipes for our last carnival! They all sounded wonderful.)
Here’s the Low Down:
On February the 10th, I will post a carnival post, sharing a few thoughts on chocolate and my own recipe. Then it will be your turn! Post a chocolate recipe on your blog, include a link to my new carnival post, and then send me the info on your post. I will then update my post with links to your posts, so we can all share the chocolate love.
People without blogs are more than welcome to leave your recipes in the comment section (Please, please do share!) I will also mention your recipes in my post.
And yes, for those who either can’t or choose not to have chocolate, you can enter carob recipes. And yes, you can enter savory chocolate recipes (in fact, that would thrill me!)
See you then!
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Yum! I’m looking forward to this!
I think I officially love you now! I can’t wait!
You just made my day. 🙂
ahhhhhhhh. Life is good.
Oh, this sounds fun! Thanks, Kimi!
Blessings,
Michele 🙂
Yum. yum. yum. Only problem is that lately I’ve been getting most of my good chocolate recipes from you! 🙂 I’m looking forward to it!
How fun! *hunts for chocolate recipe*
Ruh roh. You mean I’ll soon have MORE reasons to eat chocolate? Darn.
Chocolate comes from a bean, so I’m curious as to what you have to say about soaking and digestibility and making it ourselves? We are fairly intolerant to it around our house, and I’ve been wondering if that’s because culturally we don’t soak it prior?
Can’t wait to discover everybody’s chocolatey creations…But the best part is to try them!
I will force myself to come up with something. It won’t be easy because, like most people, I hate chocolate.
😉
i can’t i wait i love chocolate
I love Thanksgiving/Christmas meals. All the leftover turkey gets taken off the carcass and each frozen Ziploc bag of turkey leftovers has the potential of becoming Mole Poblano. Yum!
What? You’ve never heard of it? It only has about a bezillion ingredients and takes forever to make but it is totally worth it. Okay, so it has a finite number of ingredients. When you start with having to scrounge up about 8 different types of dried whole chile peppers, then go on to dry toast cups worth of sesame seeds before grinding them before you begin to cook you know the final dish better be good.
Why am I writing about it? It is, at heart, a chocolate sauce into which you add shredded meat and serve over rice. By the way, I usually cheat and start off with a mole paste available at grocery stores (Doña Maria is a good brand). Reconstitute with a 1:1 mixture of chicken broth/water and doctor it up with 3-4 different kinds of dried chile peppers (Anaheim, Arbol, Piquin, Poblano).
Boil peppers (after washing) until soft in a small saucepan with enough water to cover, remove stems and puree in a food processor. Note: if you don’t like things spicy, remove the seeds before pureeing. Add the chile water into sauce. While the peppers are boiling dry toast 1 cup of sesame seeds/jar of paste and then grind in a coffee mill or spice grinder. Go easy on yourself and buy raw sesame seeds in bulk online or at your grocer. Do not buy them in the little bottles — they cost way too much. Same for peppers. There are lots of places that sell them online, ethnic stores (Mexican, Chinese), or maybe even your local grocer.
Add one piece of Mexican chocolate/jar to the sauce + a piece for the pot (it’s okay to add more). Mexican chocolate is a mixture of chocolate and sugar. It has no milk and is something between baker’s chocolate and cocoa. It comes in a hard flat brick that is stamped into about 12 different segments (think big Hershey bar with stamped sections only much harder). What you don’t use for mole makes dynamite hot chocolate. And don’t forget to add a rounded tablespoon/jar of granulated sugar to the sauce. The sugar makes the sauce go from flat to rounded. (I know it sounds crazy, but try it).
Your sauce will look thick but a little sauce goes a long ways so add as much shredded chicken or turkey as your sauce can hold. If you think your sauce is too thick you can always thin with a bit of broth or water. Be careful, you don’t want a thin runny sauce. Serve over rice with a garnish of chopped fresh parley (optional) and you are done … enjoy!
LOOOOOVE chocolate! can’t wait to see what awesome recipes come up in the carnival!