Friday, November 30, 2012

Delicious Brownies

I love reading. I read a lot. I read everything, but in the last months I get addicted to chick-lit/ romance/ romance fiction... I mean girls stuff ;-)
Brit chick lit are very good, but reading and reading and reading I found also some American good writers. It means US environment and obviously food!
When you still read about chocolate cookies, blueberry muffins, brownies and so on what would you like to do?
Check the web for the best recipe and go for them!
That's my adapted brownies recipe.


Ingredients:
150 gr chocolate 
15 gr cocoa powder
100 gr butter
3 eggs
100 gr brown sugar
100 gr white sugar
100 gr  fluor
1 prise salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and place the rack in the center of the oven. Butter (or spray with a nonstick cooking spray) an 8 inch (20 cm) square pan, and line the bottom of the pan with parchment or wax paper.
Melt the chocolate and butter in a large stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa powder and sugar . Next, whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Finally, stir in the flour, salt and chocolate chips (if using).
Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a little batter and a few moist clumps clinging to it. Do not over bake. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Serve at room temperature or chilled. These freeze very well.


Read more: http://www.joyofbaking.com/brownies.html?fb_action_ids=10200211920246060&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366#ixzz2DjoiqFtA

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and place the rack in the center of the oven. Butter (or spray with a nonstick cooking spray) an 8 inch (20 cm) square pan, and line the bottom of the pan with parchment or wax paper.
Melt the chocolate and butter in a large stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa powder and sugar . Next, whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Finally, stir in the flour, salt and chocolate chips (if using).
Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a little batter and a few moist clumps clinging to it. Do not over bake. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Serve at room temperature or chilled. These freeze very well.


Read more: http://www.joyofbaking.com/brownies.html?fb_action_ids=10200211920246060&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366#ixzz2DjoiqFtA
 Preheat oven to 180°C.
Melt the chocolate and butter in a large stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa powder and sugar . Next, whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each additio

Read more: http://www.joyofbaking.com/brownies.html?fb_action_ids=10200211920246060&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366#ixzz2DjpXYdzG
 Melt chocolate and butter in a large bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa powder and sugars. Next add eggs one at time and beat well after each addition. Finally stir flour and salt.
Pour the mix in a squared pan (20cmX20cm) covered with oven paper. Bake for about 25-30 minutes.
Suggestions:
Do not over bake! 
Remove the brownies from the pan and cool on a wire rack.
Serve a room temperature
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and place the rack in the center of the oven. Butter (or spray with a nonstick cooking spray) an 8 inch (20 cm) square pan, and line the bottom of the pan with parchment or wax paper.
Melt the chocolate and butter in a large stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa powder and sugar . Next, whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Finally, stir in the flour, salt and chocolate chips (if using).
Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a little batter and a few moist clumps clinging to it. Do not over bake. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Serve at room temperature or chilled. These freeze very well.


Read more: http://www.joyofbaking.com/brownies.html?fb_action_ids=10200211920246060&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366#ixzz2DjoiqFtA
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and place the rack in the center of the oven. Butter (or spray with a nonstick cooking spray) an 8 inch (20 cm) square pan, and line the bottom of the pan with parchment or wax paper.
Melt the chocolate and butter in a large stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa powder and sugar . Next, whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Finally, stir in the flour, salt and chocolate chips (if using).
Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a little batter and a few moist clumps clinging to it. Do not over bake. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Serve at room temperature or chilled. These freeze very well.


Read more: http://www.joyofbaking.com/brownies.html?fb_action_ids=10200211920246060&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366#ixzz2DjoiqFtA
 

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Chocolate Chunk Cookie

I tried several times this CCC recipe from JoyOfBaking. It's a very good recipe, but the result didn't satisfy me completely. Today I modified it quite a bit and the result was different in taste and consistency, less sweet and more crunchy.



I used the same procedure illustrated by JOB, but changed the ingredient in :
375 gr all purpose Flour
1 teaspoon backing soda
1 pinch salt
2 eggs (Medium size)
100 gr White sugar
200 gr Brown sugar
185 gr unsalted butter
250 gr chocolate chunks

 

  

Friday, October 12, 2012

Memories of a gourmet traveler...


Years ago during one of our trip to Strasbourg we bought this postcard
 Yesterday I was looking  at three sad apples, when I remembered this recipe. So. this is how my sad apples looked like  after the sweet treatment :D


Thursday, October 11, 2012

Dinner for everyone, also our toddler

Kid2 is now 1 year old and has only 3 teeth, but very hard gums. So I'm trying to prepare a dinner that doesn't need to be blended and tastes good for the whole family. 
Yesterday I prepared Meatloaf and sweet peas, very successful :-P 
Meatloaf:
500 gr ground Beef
60 gr ground Parmigiano
1 large egg
1 dried Roll
1/4 cup milk
Salt

Cut the dried roll in pieces and dip it with milk.  After 15 minutes add all the other ingredients and mix very well.  Take a big Alu-foil and model the loaf in the centre. Close it as a candy wrap and put in a pot with a cup of broth.
Cook it gently for 20 minutes, than remove the Alu-foil and le the loaf form a soft crust.

Sweet peas:
400 gr frozen sweet peas
100 gr chopped Prosciutto
1/4  chopped Onion
1 cup Broth
3 tbs Olive Oil

In a medium pan add oil and onion, than cook it gently for a couple of minutes. Add the chopped prosciutto and stir it well for one other minute. Add the frozen peas and the broth, cover and let the peas stew gently (lower flame) until they are cooked (at least 30-40 minutes) 


   

Stubborn Toddlers and Popsicles

You know, you can say or do whatever you want, but Stubborn Toddles will ALWAYS achieve their goals. Sadly it could happen they hurt themselves during the process. So this post is just an advice: keep some Popsicles in your freezer even in January, it's the best way to cure a swollen lip without additional tears.
I've never  been able to put ice on my Kids' bruises, but a popsicle in their mouth in order to cure  a swollen lip, YES! That's works ;-P

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Green Bday Cake :-)

Kid1 loves the Green colour, so for his Bday last month asked for a Green Cake. He personally designed the cake, he choose the layers (green sponge cake, chocolate cream and fresh strawberries in the middle) and the decoration (Sparkling stars and a car. Of course!) the result was very Green, but he was satisfied and that's the matter ;-)

 

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Hot Hot Hot!

A couple of weeks ago the Weather forecast promised rain and temperature drop, all we had is an unbearable humidity. Not really the best day for baking, however I did what I planned: some pizza, olive's bread and Melanzane alla Parmigiana