Tag: scharffen berger

• Menu for Hope 5 – Chocolate Gift Package

  It’s the time of year for giving, so we’re participating in the 5th annual Menu for Hope charity raffle, which brings together food bloggers from around the world in the fight against hunger. Bloggers offer prizes that you can win by purchasing a $10 raffle ticket. The proceeds of the charity raffle goes to the…

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  December 16, 2008

• Chocolate Pudding Cake

  The chocolate pudding cake is spectacular. It’s a cross between a spongy cake and a gooey pudding with a crispy, chewy top layer. This simple dessert has a rich, intense chocolate flavor, especially if the bite has a melted chocolate chunk in it. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped…

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  December 23, 2007

• Bouchon Battle – Valrhona vs. Scharffen Berger

  Chocolate bouchons are amazing cork shaped brownies found at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bakery in Napa and NYC. The recipe is also used to make the warm chocolate brownie served at Ad Hoc, which is our favorite dessert at any restaurant in the Bay Area country. Every time we go to Napa, we have to get…

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  December 5, 2007

• Chewy Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies

  Both batches of cookies turned out great and had a super nice texture — crispy around the edge, but still soft and chewy in the middle. I have never had oatmeal cookies made with Scharffen Berger chocolate. I loved the fruity, bittersweet chocolate with the oatmeal.

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  November 8, 2007

• Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake

  Hungry Bear and I love good old-fashioned chocolate cake. Nothing beats a moist, tender and airy piece of chocolate cake for dessert. The hard part is finding a recipe that has the right cake texture, chocolate flavor and sweetness level.

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  October 21, 2007

• Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

  We had ice cream cookie sandwiches for dessert last Sunday. The cookies for the sandwich are thick and chewy chocolate chunk cookies. The cookies on their own are absolutely delicious with a glass of milk or coffee. Our friends have enjoyed the chocolate chunk cookies many times, so we decided to add a new twist…

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  September 2, 2007

• Baked Hot Chocolate

  The first dessert I made from the cookbook was baked hot chocolate contributed by Heidi Friedlander, which she developed for Moxie, a popular Cleveland restaurant. I chose this recipe because it was simple to make with only four ingredients and the description in the book made me crave it.

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  August 20, 2007

• Scharffen Berger Chocolate Factory Tour

  One of my favorite activities with out of town guests is to take them on the Scharffen Berger Factory Tour. It’s a great outing, especially if your guests are chocoholics. Last month, I took my chocolate loving parents on the tour. The factory is just a small brick building, which means the tour takes less…

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  August 19, 2007

• Peruvian Roast Chicken with Aji Verde Sauce

  The recipe for Peruvian chicken with aji verde can be found in the Food Network Kitchens Cookbook. The chicken is stuffed with garlic and seasoned with salt and pepper. A paste consisting of garlic, cumin, red wine vinegar, soy sauce, sugar and vegetable oil is applied to the chicken before it goes into the rotisserie…

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  Chuck

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  July 9, 2007