[OldPilot]

Reposting this here for S&D

Made me and the kids some amazing dark choc brownies using dark belgian choc the other day. Having lost so much weight in recent months, for a reason not to be mentioned on this thread, I indulged myself and pigged out!

Dark Chocolate Brownies:
Quantity   Ingredients
100g (3.5oz)   unsalted butter
175g (6oz)   caster sugar
6 tbsp    dark muscavado sugar
125g (4.5oz)   dark chocolate
1 tbsp   golden syrup
2   eggs
1 tsp   chocolate or vanilla essence
100g (3.5oz)   plain flour
2 tbsp   cocoa powder
½ tsp   baking powder
   
   
   


Method
1. Lightly grease and line an 8 inch cake tin.
2. Place butter, sugar, dark chocolate and syrup in a saucepan and heat gently until mixture is well blended and smooth. Remove from heat and leave to cool.
3. Beat eggs and flavouring. Whisk in the cooled mixture.
4. Sieve in the flour and cocoa powder together and fold into the mixture using a metal spoon or spatula.
6. Spoon the mixture into the cake tin. Bake in a preheated oven 180C/350F/gas mark 4 (I did it 170 because I have a fan oven and I like my brownies a bit stodgy) for 25 minutes or until the edge of the cake is beginning to shrink from sides of tin. The inside will still be quite stodgy and soft to touch.
7. Leave the cake in the tin to cool completely. Then cut into squares

For extra indulgence top each square with melted chocolate.

[Buggy31]

Reposting this here for S&D

Made me and the kids some amazing dark choc brownies using dark belgian choc the other day. Having lost so much weight in recent months, for a reason not to be mentioned on this thread, I indulged myself and pigged out!

Dark Chocolate Brownies:
Quantity   Ingredients
100g (3.5oz)   unsalted butter
175g (6oz)   caster sugar
6 tbsp    dark muscavado sugar
125g (4.5oz)   dark chocolate
1 tbsp   golden syrup
2   eggs
1 tsp   chocolate or vanilla essence
100g (3.5oz)   plain flour
2 tbsp   cocoa powder
½ tsp   baking powder
   
   
   


Method
1. Lightly grease and line an 8 inch cake tin.
2. Place butter, sugar, dark chocolate and syrup in a saucepan and heat gently until mixture is well blended and smooth. Remove from heat and leave to cool.
3. Beat eggs and flavouring. Whisk in the cooled mixture.
4. Sieve in the flour and cocoa powder together and fold into the mixture using a metal spoon or spatula.
6. Spoon the mixture into the cake tin. Bake in a preheated oven 180C/350F/gas mark 4 (I did it 170 because I have a fan oven and I like my brownies a bit stodgy) for 25 minutes or until the edge of the cake is beginning to shrink from sides of tin. The inside will still be quite stodgy and soft to touch.
7. Leave the cake in the tin to cool completely. Then cut into squares

For extra indulgence top each square with melted chocolate.

Would love to try this
What is caster sugar?
How about golden syrup?  Is this corn syrup?

[dragonfly]

Date Pie, sweet temptation
I love it, my guests love it.

It is super easy to make 

* 225 grammes unsalted butter
* 3/4 cup white caster (or superfine) sugar
* 1 egg
* 450 grammes dates
* 200 grammes biscuits Petit Beurre (butter biscuits from LU, known by their classic oven-browned scalloped edge, but they can easily be substituted)
* grated coconut

Preparation

* Remove pits from dates. Easiest wasy is to cut lengthwise into the date. You should hit the pit. Pull open the date and remove pit.
* Cut the dates in small pieces
* Crumble the biscuits.


Melt butter and caster sugar in pan. Take the pan from the fire once it's melted
Stir date pieces through this mixture
Beat the egg, add to the mixture and stir
Put the pan back on the fire and bring to the boil
Stir well and take from the fire
Add crumbled biscuits to warm mixture and stir

Put in a square (oven)dish and equalize it
Sprinkle coconut over it.
Let it cool down and put in the fridge for at least 2 hours.

Cut it up in squares and serve. You can also serve it as a petit four, cut squares and put them in paper cupcake baking liners.

WARNING: do not taste before serving, you might eat the whole pie yourselves!

[LifeGoesOn]

I have made this easy dinner to celebrate Mardi Gras since the kids were toddlers. They have insisted on it again and the girls have invited the boyfriends. When they were younger, I would have those cheap little masks, jewels and feathers to decorate while I did dinner. Don't forget the beads!

Jambalaya
From Rice-a-roni box:

1 pkg spanish rice a roni
2 chicken breasts, cooked & chopped (can use ham instead)
1 lb andouille sausage cooked, sliced (I sometimes use brats, polish, whatever)
1/2 c onion chopped
1 can (2 c) tomatoes chopped and undrained
2 cloves garlic minced
1 lb shrimp cooked & cleaned
1 bell pepper chopped
1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

Saute rice per package directions.
Add 2 c  water, chicken, onion, tomatoes, garlic, hot pepper sauce, and pkg seasoning.
Boil, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 10 minutes.
Add shrimp, pepper. Cover and simmer 10 min more.
I put Tony's Chachere's creole seasoning on the table for extra zing.

Serve with a warm crusty loaf.


Shrimp Roumalade

1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley
1 fresh garlic clove minced
1 c mayo
1 teaspoon horseradish - to taste
1 teaspoon tabasco
6 Tablespoons lemon juice (2 lemons)
6 to 7 dozen shrimp (or 2- 3 lbs)

Mix all except shrimp. Refrigerate 1 to 24 hours. Add shrimp. If bland, add a little salt to bring out flavor. Serve with warm crusty loaf or easy garlic toast.

Easy garlic toast
Slice loaf into 1/2 inch diagonals and toast under broiler. Then rub toasted side with fresh garlic cloves.
1 - 2 Tablespoons creole mustard

[DCD]

dark chocolate brownies

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Would love to try this
What is caster sugar?
How about golden syrup?  Is this corn syrup?
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me too!
caster sugar is basically white granulated sugar but finer - a fruit sugar consistency.  granulated sugar can be used. you can give it a quick buzz in the processor but not necessary.
golden syrup is not corn syrup but can be found by the corn syrup - brand name is lyle's.  it's made with sugar cane - it's british but i've been seeing it more and more at grocery stores.  to substitute, i think you'd need to mix light corn syrup with molasses but i'm not sure of the amounts.

i'm ALWAYS looking for new brownie recipes so i'm very excited to try this! thank you for sharing!

[ForeverHopefulOne]

This is similar to FTT's recipe for toffee:

Almond Rocha

3 cups sugar
1 lb butter
1/3 cup almond shavings
Milk chocolate chips (about half a bag)
1/4 cup crushed toasted almonds

On low heat, melt the butter in a sauce pan.  Turn up the heat and add the sugar.  On high heat, boil the butter and sugar until it reaches 300 degrees on a candy thermometer (be sure that the thermometer does not hit the bottom of the pan); add the 1/3 cup of almond shavings and stir. 

Pour the mixture onto a cookie sheet, smooth out so that it is spread evenly.  Let cool.  Melt the chocolate chips; pour on top of the cooled rocha then sprinkle the 1/4 cup of crushed toasted almonds on top.

YUMMY!

[Mermaid]

This sounds soooooooooooo good. But I'm struggling to lose weight, and I think I?ve put on about 20 pounds just READING this thread!

Thanks for almond rocha, FHO. It sounds similar to something they do here, but they put the almonds in a sponge flan base, no chocolate. 

[ForeverHopefulOne]

No chocolate?!?!  Chocolate makes everything taste good.  I make the rocha, break it up into pieces and put it in containers in the fridge.  I treat myself to a little piece every day .

[WarriorPriestess]

Bump.  There seems to be a resurgence of interest in cooking on the board lately. 

[Anjae]

Good for cold nights. Drink in moderation. 

Nigella Lawson Alcoholic Hot Chocolate

•  2 cups milk
•  3 1/2 ounces dark chocolate (bittersweet or semisweet, as preferred)
•  1 cinnamon stick
•  2 teaspoons honey
•  1 teaspoon brown sugar
•  1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•  2 tablespoons dark rum (to taste)

1.   1 Put the milk into a saucepan and break the chocolate into pieces and add to the milk along with a cinnamon stick, honey, and sugar and heat gently until the chocolate is melted.
2.   2 Add the vanilla and mix with a small hand whisk and still whisking, add a spoonful of the rum first and taste to see if you want more.
3.   3 Add more sugar if you want this sweeter, too.
4.   4 Take out the cinnamon stick and pour into 2 cappuccino or caffe latte cups.