Wednesday, November 12, 2014

CHOCOLATE FUDGE

After trying out various recipes I found online, I finally settled on this one as the best.  With most of the other recipes a cooking thermometer is needed to keep track of the temperature of the sugar and they seemed extremely cubersome.

This recipe does'nt call for anything special nor is it time consuming.  The fudge set really well and tastes good.







1/2 cup cream
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups mini marshmallows
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Line a brownie dish with parchment paper and brush with butter

Combine sugar, salt, butter, cream, and marshmallows in a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan. 

Cook over medium heat, stirring, until butter and marshmallows are melted

Bring mixture to a boil stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.  The mixture will start coming away from the sides of the pan.

Add chopped chocolate and vanilla to saucepan.  Use chocolate chips [I did'nt so did not get a glossy look on the fudge]

Stir until chips are melted and combined. 

Pour this fudge mix into the pan. 

Cool fudge in the pan, before cutting into squares. 

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Besan Ladoo

I love Besan Ladoos.  This is my favouritest Indian sweet.  Normally avoid making it as I tend to eat lots of them.



Easy to make

1 cup besan 
3/4 cup ghee
3/4 - 1 cup powdered sugar [depends on how sweet you like it]
4 pcs small cardamom
1/2 cup chopped almonds or peanuts
some strands of Saffron

  • Heat the ghee in a karahi.
  • Add the besan, on medium flame, and cook till fragrant and changes colour slightly.  Be careful as this burns very suddenly.
  • Turn of the heat and allow the mixture to cool
  • Powder the cardamom along with the sugar.
  • Soak the saffron in a teaspoon of water
  • Once mix is slightly cool, add in the sugar, nuts and kesar.
  • Mix thoroughly and check on the sweetness.
  • Shape into small round balls and enjoy 





Mini Pies

I'm an extremely lazy blogger.
So i probably do one post a month :(

This one is just a version of the Mini Caramel Apple pie done earlier, but with different fillings.

Recipe can be found here 
So we have Apple Caramel, Chocolate Marshmallow Fluff, Strawberry Coulis